The Fayette County Commissioners Court signed a proclamation which declares June 19 as Emancipation Day in Fayette County, during its regular meeting held on Thursday, May 23. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1,1863. On June 19,1865 in Galveston, Major General Gordon Granger read General Order No. 3 which informed the people of Texas “that all slav...