Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Barnum, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Barnum registered to vote in Austin County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 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
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Austin County
John Barnum
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Barnum
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Barnum in Austin County
- Win Barnumborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1844
Barnums 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 23 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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