Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington White, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Washington White registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Washington White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington White
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsWashington White reported 14 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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. It sits on page 43 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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