Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Caleb Neely, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Caleb Neely registered to vote in Fayette County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Caleb Neely

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Caleb Neely
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Fayette County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
14 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

14 years

Caleb Neely reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Neely in Fayette County

Neelys elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Neely in Texas

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 52 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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