Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Harry Servey, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Harry Servey registered to vote in Fayette County on August 17, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas. 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
35 years
In Texas
34 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1832 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Harry Servey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Harry Servey
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
35 years
Years in Fayette County
7 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
34 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

34 years

Harry Servey reported 34 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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