Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cain Glover, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Cain Glover registered to vote in Austin County on August 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Austin County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Austin County

Cain Glover

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Cain Glover
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
August 27, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Austin County
13 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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