Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Fain, Houston County, Texas, 1867
John Fain registered to vote in Houston County on July 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
John Fain
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Fain
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Houston County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "John his X mark Elgin."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJohn Fain reported 6 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Fains 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 6 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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