Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cornelius Austin, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Cornelius Austin registered to vote in Galveston County on June 27, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Cornelius Austin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cornelius Austin
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsCornelius Austin reported 20 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Austin in Galveston County
- Logan Austinreached Texas about 1850
- Robert M Austinreached Texas about 1866
Austins 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 28 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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