Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Norton, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Henry Norton registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Fayette County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
21 years
In the county

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Henry Norton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Norton
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Fayette County
21 years
Years in the precinct
21 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Norton in Fayette County

  • Dick Nortonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1832

Nortons elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Norton 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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