Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fred Townsend, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Fred Townsend registered to vote in Fayette County on August 16, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Fred Townsend
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fred Townsend
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Townsend in Fayette County
- Andrew Townsendborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Andy Townsendborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- 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
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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