Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Bonner, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Bonner registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Alabama 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
17 years
In Texas
17 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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In Austin County

Daniel Bonner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Bonner
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Austin County
17 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Bonner in Austin County

Bonners elsewhere in Texas

All 24 freedmen named Bonner 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 10 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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