Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Crocket, Austin County, Texas, 1868
John Crocket registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 3 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Crocket
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Crocket
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Crocket reported 3 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Crocket in Austin County
- Andrew Crocketborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Byrou Crocketborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- Jonas 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 49 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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