Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

August Grandison, Austin County, Texas, 1867

August Grandison registered to vote in Austin County on September 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

August Grandison

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
August Grandison
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
September 2, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Austin County
8 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

August Grandison reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Grandison in Austin County

Grandisons elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Grandison 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 41 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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