Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Edwards, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Edwards registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 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
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Austin County
John Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Edwards
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 27 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
- Joseph Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1834
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 44 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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