Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned West, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Ned West registered to vote in Fayette County on November 17, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 33 years in Texas, 33 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 33 years
- In Texas
- 33 years
- In the county
- about 1836
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1836 to 1870
Ned West
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned West
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 33 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 33 years
- Years in the precinct
- 33 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named West in Fayette County
- William Westborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
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 60 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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