Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Asbury Phillips, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Asbury Phillips registered to vote in Fayette County on August 10, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Fayette County. 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Asbury Phillips

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Asbury Phillips
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Fayette County
14 years
Years in the precinct
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Phillips in Fayette County

Phillipses elsewhere in Texas

All 44 freedmen named Phillips in Texas

Variations of Phillips

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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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