Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pierson Sampson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Pierson Sampson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Pierson Sampson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pierson Sampson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sampson in Fayette County
- Alfred Sampsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Amos Sampsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
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 43 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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