Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Strother William, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
Strother William registered to vote in Fayette County on January 31, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Strother William
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Strother William
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named William in Fayette County
- Jordan Williamborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1807
Williams elsewhere in Texas
Variations of William
- Williams 560
- Williamson 30
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 58 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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