Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Monroe Cheatam, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Monroe Cheatam registered to vote in Austin County on January 27, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Monroe Cheatam
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Monroe Cheatam
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 46 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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