Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Grandison, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Charles Grandison registered to vote in Austin County on August 22, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Charles Grandison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Grandison
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Austin County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Grandison in Austin County
- Cuffy Grandisonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Grandisons 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 30 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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