Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Geo Garnet, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Geo Garnet registered to vote in Austin County on July 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Geo Garnet
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Geo Garnet
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsGeo Garnet reported 10 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Garnet in Austin County
- Bunnill Garnetborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
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 1 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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