Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Lafayette, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Lafayette registered to vote in Harrison County on August 23, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Alexander Lafayette
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Lafayette
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. Lafayette"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lafayettes 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. It sits on page 76 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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