Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Clemens, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Henry Clemens registered to vote in Austin County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Austin County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
26 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1841
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1841 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Henry Clemens

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Clemens
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Austin County
10 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Henry Clemens reported 16 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

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 3 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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