Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harry Mischer, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Harry Mischer registered to vote in Fayette County on September 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
about 1847
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Harry Mischer

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harry Mischer
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
September 28, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Fayette County
9 months
Years in the precinct
9 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Harry Mischer reported 19 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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