Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pless Francis, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Pless Francis registered to vote in Austin County on August 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Austin County
Pless Francis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pless Francis
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Francis in Austin County
- John Francisborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Win Francisborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
Francises 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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