Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Gregory, Austin County, Texas, 1867
William Gregory registered to vote in Austin County on August 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
William Gregory
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Gregory
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Grove
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gregory in Austin County
- Fred Gregoryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
Gregorys 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 40 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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