Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ben registered to vote in Fayette County on August 26, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
1859186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County
Ben
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsBen reported 7 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 50 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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