Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Callaway, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Abraham Callaway registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Austin County
Abraham Callaway
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Callaway
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Callaway in Austin County
- Albert Callawayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1867
Callaways elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Callaway
- Calaway 7
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 49 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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