Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Fadison, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Fadison registered to vote in Hunt County on August 30, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 12 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Joseph Fadison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Fadison
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph L. Gidion"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsJoseph Fadison reported 4 years more in Texas than in Hunt 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 21 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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