Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Groggin, Austin County, Texas, 1869
John Groggin registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Austin County
John Groggin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Groggin
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Austin County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 59 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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