Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Trotter, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William Trotter registered to vote in Fayette County on August 9, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
William Trotter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Trotter
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Trotters 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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