Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jack Bayles, Austin County, Texas, 1869

Jack Bayles registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Austin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1865
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Jack Bayles

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jack Bayles
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Austin County
3 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Jack Bayles reported 1 year more in Texas than 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 57 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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