Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Alexander, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Alexander registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jesse Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Alexander
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Groove
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 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
- 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 36 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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