Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Seay, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
James Seay registered to vote in Fayette County on November 19, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 6 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
James Seay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Seay
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJames Seay reported 10 years 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. It sits on page 62 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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