Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William West, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William West registered to vote in Fayette County on August 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William West
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William West
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years 8 months
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 1 month
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearWilliam West reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named West in Fayette County
- Ned Westborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1836
Wests 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 49 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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