Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Compton, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Nathan Compton registered to vote in Austin County on November 24, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Nathan Compton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Compton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Austin County
- 11 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 62 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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