Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Trousdall, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
James Trousdall registered to vote in Fayette County on November 19, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Fayette County
James Trousdall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Trousdall
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Trousdall in Fayette County
- Charles Trousdallborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
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 62 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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