Austin County · 1867 voter registration
Jacob Cherry, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Cherry registered to vote in Austin County on August 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 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
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jacob Cherry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Cherry
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Austin County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cherry in Austin County
- Haman Cherryborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
Cherrys 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 17 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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