Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Wright, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
Edward Wright registered to vote in Fayette County on January 31, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Edward Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Wright
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wrights 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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