Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Doctor Purvis, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Doctor Purvis registered to vote in Fayette County on July 17, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 13 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Doctor Purvis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Doctor Purvis
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearDoctor Purvis reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Purvises 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 14 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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