Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joe Washington, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Joe Washington registered to vote in Fayette County on July 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 14 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
27 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Joe Washington

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joe Washington
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Fayette County
14 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
13 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

13 years

Joe Washington reported 13 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Washington in Fayette County

Washingtons elsewhere in Texas

All 262 freedmen named Washington 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 5 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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