Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amos Gilmore, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Amos Gilmore registered to vote in Austin County on July 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Austin County
Amos Gilmore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amos Gilmore
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Austin County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Gilmores 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 8 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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