Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Argale Sledge, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Argale Sledge registered to vote in Fayette County on August 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Fayette County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
about 1847
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Argale Sledge

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Argale Sledge
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Fayette County
7 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
19 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

19 years

Argale Sledge reported 19 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 53 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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