Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Clegget, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Clegget registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 47 years in Texas, 47 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 47 years
- In Texas
- 47 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1820 to 1870
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In Austin County
Abraham Clegget
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Clegget
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 47 years
- Years in Austin County
- 47 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 29 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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