Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Stephan A Patton, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Stephan A Patton registered to vote in Fayette County on September 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
about 1866
Reached Texas
0 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Stephan A Patton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Stephan A Patton
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
September 28, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Fayette County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

0 years

Stephan A Patton reported 0 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. It sits on page 55 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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