Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Wilkes, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Bob Wilkes registered to vote in Fayette County on July 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Bob Wilkes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Wilkes
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wilkeses 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 20 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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