Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Sampson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Sampson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Alfred Sampson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Sampson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sampson in Fayette County
- Amos Sampsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Pierson Sampsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
Sampsons 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 17 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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