Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ruebin Pearce, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ruebin Pearce registered to vote in Fayette County on August 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Ruebin Pearce
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ruebin Pearce
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pearces 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 38 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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