Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bill Phillips, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Bill Phillips registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Bill Phillips
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bill Phillips
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Phillips in Fayette County
- Asbury Phillipsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
- 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
- Tom Phillipsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
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 35 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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