Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Cyrus Campbell, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Joe Cyrus Campbell registered to vote in Austin County on November 26, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 39 years in Texas, 39 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 39 years
- In Texas
- 39 years
- In the county
- about 1830
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1830 to 1870
Joe Cyrus Campbell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Cyrus Campbell
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 39 years
- Years in Austin County
- 39 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Campbell in Austin County
- Harry Campbellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- Prince Campbellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Robert Campbellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1839
- Thomas Campbellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
Campbells 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 64 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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