Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Campbell, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Campbell registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Thomas Campbell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Campbell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsThomas Campbell reported 12 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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
- Robert Campbellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1839
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 29 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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