Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Branch, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Charles Branch registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- 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
Charles Branch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Branch
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Austin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Branch in Austin County
- Lewis Branchborn in South 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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