Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Slaughter, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Slaughter registered to vote in Fayette County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
John Slaughter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Slaughter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJohn Slaughter reported 7 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Slaughters 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 36 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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