Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Cloud, Austin County, Texas, 1867
George Cloud registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 9 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
George Cloud
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Cloud
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsGeorge Cloud reported 3 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Cloud in Austin County
- John Cloudborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1838
- Rubin Cloudborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1837
- Sinm Cloudborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1839
Clouds 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 26 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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