Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Blake, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Blake registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jesse Blake
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Blake
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Blake in Austin County
- Robert Blakeborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- 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 32 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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