Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Theodore Groce, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Theodore Groce registered to vote in Austin County on August 27, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 13 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 Maryland and Texas marked
Born in Maryland, registered in Austin County, Texas
Maryland
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Theodore Groce

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Theodore Groce
Place of birth
Maryland
County of registration
Austin County
Place of residence
Pine Grove
Registered
August 27, 1867
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Austin County
13 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
6 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

6 years

Theodore Groce reported 6 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Groce in Austin County

Groces elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Groce 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 37 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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