Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Sutton, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Sutton registered to vote in Fayette County on August 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Jerry Sutton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Sutton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sutton in Fayette County
- Frederick Suttonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1855
Suttons 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 47 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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