Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Perry, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Willis Perry registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Willis Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Perry
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perry in Fayette County
- Samuel Perry
- Sim Perryborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
Perrys 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 43 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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