Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Townsend, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
George Townsend registered to vote in Fayette County on July 11, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
George Townsend
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Townsend
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsGeorge Townsend reported 13 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Townsend in Fayette County
- Andrew Townsendborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Andy Townsendborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Fred Townsendborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1837
- Peter Townsendborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- Riley Townsendborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
Townsends 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 6 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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