Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Freeman, Austin County, Texas, 1868
John Freeman registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 1 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
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
John Freeman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Freeman
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsJohn Freeman reported 13 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Freeman in Austin County
- Jacob Freemanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Miles Freemanborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1841
- Sammuel Freemanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
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 51 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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