Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Charlie White, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Charlie White registered to vote in Fayette County on July 11, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 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
11 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Fayette County

Charlie White

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Charlie White
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Fayette County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Fayette County
11 years
Years in the precinct
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named White in Fayette County

  • Ben Whiteborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
  • Berry Whiteborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
  • Dawson Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
  • Jim Whiteborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
  • Joe Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857

Whites elsewhere in Texas

All 150 freedmen named White 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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