Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Peter Mullin, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Peter Mullin registered to vote in Fayette County on August 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fayette County. 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Peter Mullin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Peter Mullin
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 23, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Fayette County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
7 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

7 years

Peter Mullin reported 7 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Mullin in Fayette County

  • West Mullinborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847

Variations of Mullin

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. It sits on page 49 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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