Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Campbell, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Harry Campbell registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Harry Campbell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Campbell
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsHarry Campbell reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Campbell in Austin County
- Joe Cryus Campbellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1830
- 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 30 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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