Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Ruffin, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Frank Ruffin registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Frank Ruffin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Ruffin
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Ruffins 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 41 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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