Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Pomp Scanton, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Pomp Scanton registered to vote in Fayette County on July 31, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 27 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Fayette County
Texas
Birthplace
28 years
In Texas
27 years
In the county
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Pomp Scanton

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Pomp Scanton
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Fayette County
27 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Pomp Scanton reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.

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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