Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Day, Austin County, Texas, 1867
William Day registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Austin County
William Day
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Day
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Day in Austin County
- Hannibal Dayborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1854
- Sencea Dayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
Days elsewhere in Texas
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 5 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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