Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Porter, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William Porter registered to vote in Fayette County on August 8, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
William Porter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Porter
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsWilliam Porter reported 25 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Porter in Fayette County
- Green Porterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Henry Porterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1837
- Slanton Porterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
Porters 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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