Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel Freeman, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Sammuel Freeman registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Austin County
Sammuel Freeman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel Freeman
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Freeman in Austin County
- Jacob Freemanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- John Freemanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Miles Freemanborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1841
Freemans 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 33 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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