Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Alexander, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Henry Alexander registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Henry Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Alexander
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Austin County
- 6 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
- Jasper Alexanderborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1831
- 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 26 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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