Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jasper Alexander, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jasper Alexander registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 36 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
- 36 years
- In Texas
- 36 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1831 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jasper Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jasper Alexander
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 36 years
- Years in Austin County
- 36 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
- Jesse Alexanderborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- Philip Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1832
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 34 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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