Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Colwell, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Silas Colwell registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 5 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Silas Colwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Colwell
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Austin County
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsSilas Colwell reported 6 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Colwells 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 51 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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