Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Archey Patterson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Archey Patterson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Archey Patterson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Archey Patterson
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Fayette County
8 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
8 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

8 years

Archey Patterson reported 8 years 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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