Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Callaway, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Albert Callaway registered to vote in Austin County on November 23, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 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
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Albert Callaway
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Callaway
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAlbert Callaway reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Callaway in Austin County
- Abraham Callawayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
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 60 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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