Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Archer, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Archer registered to vote in Austin County on November 23, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Thomas Archer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Archer
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Archers 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 61 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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