Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Bob Crump, Austin County, Texas, 1869

Bob Crump registered to vote in Austin County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Austin County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Bob Crump

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Bob Crump
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Austin County
12 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
3 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Bob Crump reported 3 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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