Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Natgrass, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Natgrass registered to vote in Fayette County on July 30, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Jackson Natgrass
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Natgrass
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJackson Natgrass reported 15 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. It sits on page 29 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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