Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Preston, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Preston registered to vote in Fayette County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
John Preston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Preston
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Prestons 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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