Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Elijah Green, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Elijah Green registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 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
30 years
In Texas
30 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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In Austin County

Elijah Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Elijah Green
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Austin County
30 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Green in Austin County

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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 27 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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