Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Aaron, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Aaron registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Austin County
Thomas Aaron
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Aaron
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Austin County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Aaron in Austin County
- Shadrick Aaronborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1841
- Shadrick Aaronborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1841
Aarons 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 57 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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