Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Emanuel Funchase, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Emanuel Funchase registered to vote in Austin County on July 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Emanuel Funchase
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Emanuel Funchase
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsEmanuel Funchase reported 17 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Funchase in Austin County
- Felix Funchaseborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
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 3 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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