Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Crump, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Charles Crump registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Charles Crump
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Crump
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsCharles Crump reported 12 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Crump in Austin County
- Bob Crumpborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Crumps 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 49 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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