Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Austin, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Austin registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 28, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
William Austin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Austin
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Austin in Brazoria County
- Alfred Austinborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
- Benjamin Austinborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1853
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 35 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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