Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Edwards, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Abram Edwards registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 22 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Abram Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Edwards
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsAbram Edwards reported 21 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Edwards in Austin County
- 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
- 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 53 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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