Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Watron Glover, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Watron Glover registered to vote in Austin County on August 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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 South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Austin County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Austin County

Watron Glover

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Watron Glover
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
August 27, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Austin County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Glover in Austin County

Glovers elsewhere in Texas

All 28 freedmen named Glover 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 37 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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