Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Branch, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Branch registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Lewis Branch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Branch
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Groove
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsLewis Branch reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Branch in Austin County
- Charles Branchborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
Branches 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 43 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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