Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Armstead Fatheree, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Armstead Fatheree registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 6 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Austin County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
10 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Armstead Fatheree

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Armstead Fatheree
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Austin County
Place of residence
Pine Groove
Registered
September 3, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Austin County
6 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

10 years

Armstead Fatheree reported 10 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

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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