Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
M.J. Erskine, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
M.J. Erskine registered to vote in Fannin County on July 11, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 15 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
M.J. Erskine
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- M.J. Erskine
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Fannin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsM.J. Erskine reported 8 years more in Texas than in Fannin County.
Erskines 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 1 of the Fannin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Fannin County, Texas
Fannin County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Fannin CountyThe Erskine name in TexasBorn in AlabamaSearch Fannin County by name