Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Reese, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Green Reese registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Green Reese
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Reese
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Reeses 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 40 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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