Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Allen Page, Fayette County, Texas, 1868

Allen Page registered to vote in Fayette County on January 30, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Fayette County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1854
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Allen Page

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Allen Page
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
January 30, 1868
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Fayette County
4 months
Years in the precinct
2 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
13 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

13 years

Allen Page reported 13 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Page in Fayette County

Pages elsewhere in Texas

All 21 freedmen named Page 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 57 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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