Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Austin, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Austin registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 7, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alfred Austin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Austin
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Austin in Brazoria County
- Benjamin Austinborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1853
- William Austinborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1860
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 12 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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