Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Frank Cleveland, Austin County, Texas, 1869

Frank Cleveland registered to vote in Austin County on November 17, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
21 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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In Austin County

Frank Cleveland

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Frank Cleveland
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Austin County
21 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Cleveland in Austin County

Clevelands elsewhere in Texas

All 16 freedmen named Cleveland 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 54 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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