Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jurden Gilbert, Austin County, Texas, 1869

Jurden Gilbert registered to vote in Austin County on November 23, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 10 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Austin County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas
8 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Jurden Gilbert

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jurden Gilbert
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Austin County
2 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Jurden Gilbert reported 8 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

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 60 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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