Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben White, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben White registered to vote in Fayette County on August 10, 1867. He reported Maryland 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.
- Maryland
- 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
Ben White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben White
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 10, 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
- 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
- Joe Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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. It sits on page 36 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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