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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsFred Gregory reported 16 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Gregory in Austin County
- Winn Gregoryborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
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 60 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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