Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Fred Gregory, Austin County, Texas, 1869

Fred Gregory registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 12 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Austin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
28 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1841
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1841 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Fred Gregory

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Fred Gregory
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Austin County
12 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
16 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

16 years

Fred Gregory reported 16 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

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

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