Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frisby Wallace, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Frisby Wallace registered to vote in Fayette County on July 11, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Frisby Wallace
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frisby Wallace
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsFrisby Wallace reported 22 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Wallaces 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 6 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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