Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Fordtran, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Charles Fordtran registered to vote in Austin County on July 29, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Charles Fordtran
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Fordtran
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsCharles Fordtran reported 9 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 11 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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