Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elizah Washington, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Elizah Washington registered to vote in Fayette County on November 25, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Elizah Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elizah Washington
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Fayette County
- Charles Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Christian Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
- Daniel Washingtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- George Washingtonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1850
Washingtons 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 68 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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