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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Cleveland in Austin County
- Anthony Clevelandborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Armstrong Clevelandborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Enasreus Clevelandborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
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 54 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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