Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Eckles, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Eckles registered to vote in Austin County on July 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
John Eckles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Eckles
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJohn Eckles reported 11 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Eckles in Austin County
- Win Ecklesborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
Eckleses 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 1 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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