Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Arter Trousdale, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Arter Trousdale registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 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
Arter Trousdale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Arter Trousdale
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Trousdale in Fayette County
- George Trousdaleborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
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 42 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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