Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Whitehead, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Frank Whitehead registered to vote in Fayette County on November 18, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Frank Whitehead
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Whitehead
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Whitehead in Fayette County
- Ben Whiteheadborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Nelson Whiteheadborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
Whiteheads 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 61 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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