Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cleveland, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Cleveland registered to vote in Austin County on July 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 1 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Cleveland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cleveland
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsCleveland reported 21 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Cleveland in Austin County
- Anthony Clevelandborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Armstrong Clevelandborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Frank Clevelandborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
Clevelands 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 12 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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