Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Nevill, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Frank Nevill registered to vote in Fayette County on September 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Frank Nevill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Nevill
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Nevill in Fayette County
- Ceasar Nevillborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- John Nevillborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
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 55 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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