Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Solomon Green, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Solomon Green registered to vote in Austin County on September 2, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 6 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Austin County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas
21 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Solomon Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Solomon Green
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
September 2, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Austin County
6 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
21 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

21 years

Solomon Green reported 21 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

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

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