Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Washington Randell, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Washington Randell registered to vote in Fayette County on July 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Washington Randell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Washington Randell
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Fayette County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

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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