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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAugust Grandison reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Grandison in Austin County
- Charles Grandisonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- 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 41 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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