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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Fayette County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

29 years

Randall Winfield reported 29 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

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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