Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Terrill Flake, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Terrill Flake registered to vote in Austin County on August 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Austin County
Terrill Flake
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Terrill Flake
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Flake in Austin County
- Nelson Flakeborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Richard Flakeborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1853
Flakes 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 17 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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