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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsArmstead 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.
African American genealogy in Austin County, Texas
Austin County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Austin CountyThe Fatheree name in TexasBorn in MississippiSearch Austin County by name