Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Basel, Austin County, Texas, 1867
George Basel registered to vote in Austin County on July 25, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas, 20 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County
George Basel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Basel
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Forkstone
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 20 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsGeorge Basel reported 7 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Basel in Austin County
- Manuel Baselborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
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 8 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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