Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Carson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
James Carson registered to vote in Austin County on August 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Austin County
James Carson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Carson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carson in Austin County
- Jacob Carsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
- Jacob Carsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
Carsons 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 32 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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