Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Elliott, Austin County, Texas, 1869
William Elliott registered to vote in Austin County on November 17, 1869. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
William Elliott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Elliott
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Austin County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elliotts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Elliott
- Elliot 7
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 54 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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