Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hancock, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Hancock registered to vote in Fayette County on July 27, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County
Hancock
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hancock
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsHancock reported 21 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 25 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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