Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Terrell, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
William Terrell registered to vote in Fayette County on November 20, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
William Terrell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Terrell
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Terrells 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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