Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Philip Alexander, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Philip Alexander registered to vote in Austin County on August 22, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
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In Austin County
Philip Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Philip Alexander
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Austin County
- 35 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Austin County
- Calvin Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Charles Alexanderborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1838
- Henry Alexanderborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1861
- Jasper Alexanderborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1831
- Jesse Alexanderborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
Alexanders 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 30 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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