Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Goner, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Goner registered to vote in Austin County on July 21, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Transferred to Washington County Nov. 1869" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alexander Goner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Goner
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Transferred to Washington County Nov. 1869"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAlexander Goner reported 3 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 3 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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