Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Banfield, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Banfield registered to vote in Austin County on August 22, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 45 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 45 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1822
- Reached Texas
- 36 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1822 to 1870
Thomas Banfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Banfield
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 45 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 36 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
36 yearsThomas Banfield reported 36 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Banfields 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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