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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsArgale Sledge reported 19 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Sledges 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 53 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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