Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Roby, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
George Roby registered to vote in Fayette County on July 17, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
George Roby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Roby
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsGeorge Roby reported 11 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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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