Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Caleb Barton, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Caleb Barton registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 15 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Caleb Barton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Caleb Barton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsCaleb Barton reported 14 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Bartons 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.
African American genealogy in Austin County, Texas
Austin County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Austin CountyThe Barton name in TexasBorn in TennesseeSearch Austin County by name