Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Rivers, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Tom Rivers registered to vote in Fayette County on July 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 39 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 39 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1828
- Reached Texas
- 38 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1828 to 1870
Tom Rivers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Rivers
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 39 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 38 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
38 yearsTom Rivers reported 38 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Rivers in Fayette County
- Adam Riversborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- Mat Riversborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1838
Riverses 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 15 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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