Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Fear, Austin County, Texas, 1867
George Fear registered to vote in Austin County on September 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
George Fear
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Fear
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsGeorge Fear reported 6 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Fear in Austin County
- Wiman Fearborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
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 41 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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