Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Felix Foster, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Felix Foster registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Felix Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Felix Foster
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Foster in Austin County
- Frank Fosterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1834
- Jacob Fosterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Richard Fosterborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
Fosters 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 27 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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