Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Branderbing, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Branderbing registered to vote in Austin County on August 30, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Abraham Branderbing
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Branderbing
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 39 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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