Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Parr, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Richard Parr registered to vote in Fayette County on August 8, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Richard Parr
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Parr
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsRichard Parr reported 4 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Parr in Fayette County
- Antony Parrborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
Parrs 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 33 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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