Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Matison Estes, Austin County, Texas, 1867
William Matison Estes registered to vote in Austin County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Austin County
William Matison Estes
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Matison Estes
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Esteses elsewhere in Texas
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 10 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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