Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Campbell, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Robert Campbell registered to vote in Austin County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Austin County
Robert Campbell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Campbell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Austin County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Campbell in Austin County
- Harry Campbellborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- Joe Cryus Campbellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1830
- Prince Campbellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- 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 1 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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