Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Austin Partee, Tarrant County, Texas, 1869

Austin Partee registered to vote in Tarrant County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 1 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Tarrant County
Texas
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
24 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1844 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

Austin Partee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Austin Partee
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Tarrant County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Tarrant County
24 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

24 years

Austin Partee reported 24 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.

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 29 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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