Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Brantly, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Brantly registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Joseph Brantly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Brantly
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Groove
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoseph Brantly reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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 36 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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