Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Toney, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Toney registered to vote in Fayette County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Isaac Toney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Toney
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years 6 months
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearIsaac Toney reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Toney in Fayette County
- Peter Toneyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
Toneys 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 18 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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