Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Townsend, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Andrew Townsend registered to vote in Fayette County on November 23, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Andrew Townsend
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Townsend
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Townsend in Fayette County
- Andy Townsendborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- 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
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 66 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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