Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Carson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Carson registered to vote in Austin County on July 20, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 5 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Jacob Carson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Carson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Austin County
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJacob Carson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Carson in Austin County
- Jacob Carsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1851
- James Carsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
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 2 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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