Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Blake, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Robert Blake registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Robert Blake
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Blake
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Austin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Blake in Austin County
- Jesse Blakeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Robert Blakeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Solomon Blakeborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
Blakes 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 5 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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