Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Partiridge, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Partiridge registered to vote in Fayette County on August 8, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Jerry Partiridge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Partiridge
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years 6 months
- Years in Fayette County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJerry Partiridge reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 34 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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