Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Woolrich, Fayette County, Texas, 1869
Ben Woolrich registered to vote in Fayette County on November 16, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Ben Woolrich
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Woolrich
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 59 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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