Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Guess, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Guess registered to vote in Austin County on July 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 23 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
John Guess
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Guess
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsJohn Guess reported 20 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Guess in Austin County
- Edmund Guessborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
Guesses 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 4 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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