Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Edberson, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Benjamin Edberson registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 1 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
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Benjamin Edberson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Edberson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsBenjamin Edberson reported 24 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 50 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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