Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Luke Swain, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Luke Swain registered to vote in Fayette County on September 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 18 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Luke Swain
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Luke Swain
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- September 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsLuke Swain reported 3 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 56 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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