Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Porter, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Henry Porter registered to vote in Fayette County on August 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Henry Porter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Porter
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsHenry Porter reported 29 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Porter in Fayette County
- Green Porterborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Slanton Porterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- William Porterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
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. It sits on page 36 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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