Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andy Townsend, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Andy Townsend registered to vote in Fayette County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Fayette County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Andy Townsend

Texas

Name: Andy Townsend
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Fayette County
Registered: July 29, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Fayette County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Townsend in Fayette County

Andrew Townsendborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
Fred Townsendborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1837
George Townsendborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
Peter Townsendborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
Riley Townsendborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860

Townsends elsewhere in Texas

All 15 freedmen named Townsend 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 27 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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