Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Cochrane, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Joe Cochrane registered to vote in Austin County on November 18, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 29 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
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 29 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Austin County
Joe Cochrane
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Cochrane
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Austin County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 55 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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