Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Temple Doswell, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Temple Doswell registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Austin County
Temple Doswell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Temple Doswell
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Austin County
- 21 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 27 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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