Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eliyah Enris, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Eliyah Enris registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Eliyah Enris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eliyah Enris
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 26 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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