Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Phillips, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Tom Phillips registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Tom Phillips
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Phillips
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsTom Phillips reported 19 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Phillips in Fayette County
- Asbury Phillipsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- Bill Phillipsborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1852
- George T Phillipsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Joe Phillipsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- John Phillipsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
Phillipses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Phillips
- Philips 20
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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