DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Fafayette Meyer, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869

Fafayette Meyer registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in DeWitt County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
23 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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In DeWitt County

Fafayette Meyer

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Fafayette Meyer
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
DeWitt County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in DeWitt County
23 years
Years in the precinct
23 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with DeWitt County highlighted
DeWitt County on the 1870 county map

Variations of Meyer

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. DeWitt County's entries fill 26 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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