Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Calvert, Austin County, Texas, 1868
David Calvert registered to vote in Austin County on January 29, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 3 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
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
David Calvert
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Calvert
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsDavid Calvert reported 23 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Calverts 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 48 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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