Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Whitfield, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Henry Whitfield registered to vote in Fayette County on July 11, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Henry Whitfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Whitfield
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 12
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsHenry Whitfield reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Whitfield in Fayette County
- Ned Whitfieldborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Whitfields 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 7 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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