Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harry Satterfield, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Harry Satterfield registered to vote in Fayette County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Fayette County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
19 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Harry Satterfield

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harry Satterfield
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Fayette County
19 years
Years in the precinct
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Satterfield in Fayette County

Satterfields elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Satterfield 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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