Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William White, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William White registered to vote in Fayette County on July 9, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
William White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William White
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named White in Fayette County
- Ben Whiteborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Berry Whiteborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Charlie Whiteborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Dawson Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
- Jim Whiteborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
Whites 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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