Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Randall Winfield, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Randall Winfield registered to vote in Fayette County on July 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Randall Winfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Randall Winfield
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 3 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsRandall Winfield reported 29 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Winfields elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Winfield
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 4 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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