Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jonas Crocket, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jonas Crocket registered to vote in Austin County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jonas Crocket
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jonas Crocket
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Crocket in Austin County
- Andrew Crocketborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Byrou Crocketborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- John Crocketborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
Crockets elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Crocket
- Crockett 13
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 4 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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