Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Edwards, Austin County, Texas, 1869
William Edwards registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Austin County
William Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Edwards
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Austin County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Edwards in Austin County
- Abram Edwardsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Albert Edwardsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1837
- Geo Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Jim Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
- John Edwardsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1840
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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 59 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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