Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac, Fayette County, Texas, 1868
Isaac registered to vote in Fayette County on January 31, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fayette County
Isaac
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsIsaac reported 22 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 58 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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