Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Thornton, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Thornton registered to vote in Fayette County on August 16, 1867. He reported 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Fayette County
John Thornton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Thornton
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thornton in Fayette County
- Robert Thorntonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Thorntons 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 44 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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