Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dick Satterfield, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Dick Satterfield registered to vote in Fayette County on July 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Dick Satterfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dick Satterfield
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsDick Satterfield reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Satterfield in Fayette County
- Harry Satterfieldborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1850
- Harvey Satterfieldborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- John Satterfieldborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Satterfields 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 22 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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