Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joe Phillips, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Joe Phillips registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Louisiana
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

Joe Phillips

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joe Phillips
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Fayette County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 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. It sits on page 41 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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