Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bram Gordon, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Bram Gordon registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
Bram Gordon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bram Gordon
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gordon in Austin County
- Murphy Gordonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Sammuel Gordonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Thomas Gordonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
Gordons 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 33 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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