Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burrill Garnet, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Burrill Garnet registered to vote in Austin County on January 28, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Austin County
Burrill Garnet
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burrill Garnet
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Garnet in Austin County
- Geo Garnetborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
Garnets elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Garnet
- Garner 9
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 46 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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