Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jasper Newton, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Jasper Newton registered to vote in Fayette County on November 23, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored from Washington County" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Jasper Newton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jasper Newton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored from Washington County"
Newtons elsewhere 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 65 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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