Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joe Wade, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Joe Wade registered to vote in Fayette County on July 10, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
about 1854
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Joe Wade

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joe Wade
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Fayette County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Fayette County
7 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Joe Wade reported 12 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

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 4 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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