Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Craven, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Moses Craven registered to vote in Austin County on November 26, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 2 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Moses Craven
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Craven
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsMoses Craven reported 20 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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 64 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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