Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Dempsy, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Dempsy registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Nathan Dempsy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Dempsy
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 36 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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