Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Mingo Warner, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Mingo Warner registered to vote in Fayette County on September 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

Mingo Warner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Mingo Warner
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
September 28, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Fayette County
6 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
7 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

7 years

Mingo Warner reported 7 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 55 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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