Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Flander Gatson, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Flander Gatson registered to vote in Austin County on January 29, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Austin County
Flander Gatson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Flander Gatson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gatson in Austin County
- Flander Gatsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
Gatsons 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 48 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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