Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Slack, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Slack registered to vote in Fayette County on August 12, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Fayette County
John Slack
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Slack
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Slack in Fayette County
- Dock Slackborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Henry Slackborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
Slacks elsewhere 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. It sits on page 37 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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