Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Braxton, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Robert Braxton registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Austin County
Robert Braxton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Braxton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Braxtons 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 58 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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