Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Berry Sparks, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Berry Sparks registered to vote in Fayette County on August 17, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Berry Sparks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Berry Sparks
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsBerry Sparks reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Sparkses 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 46 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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