Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dick Sharper, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Dick Sharper registered to vote in Fayette County on August 17, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Dick Sharper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dick Sharper
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sharper in Fayette County
- Spencer Sharperborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
Sharpers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sharper
- Sharp 12
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 46 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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