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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Austin County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

George Basel reported 7 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Basel in Austin County

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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