Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Primus Barber, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Primus Barber registered to vote in Austin County on August 12, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
1849186018621864186618681870
In Austin County
Primus Barber
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Primus Barber
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Austin County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Barbers 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 22 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Austin County, Texas
Austin County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Austin CountyThe Barber name in TexasBorn in VirginiaSearch Austin County by name