Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Austin, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin Austin registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 20, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Benjamin Austin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Austin
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Austin in Brazoria County
- Alfred Austinborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
- 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 38 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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