Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Blackman, Austin County, Texas, 1869
John Blackman registered to vote in Austin County on November 16, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Austin County
John Blackman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Blackman
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Austin County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Blackman in Austin County
- Smith Blackmanborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
Blackmans 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 53 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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