Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmund Guess, Austin County, Texas, 1869

Edmund Guess registered to vote in Austin County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Austin County

Edmund Guess

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edmund Guess
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Austin County
8 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Guess in Austin County

  • John Guessborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1844

Guesses elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Guess 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 62 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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