Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Tom Hall, Austin County, Texas, 1869

Tom Hall registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 2 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Austin County
Texas
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
25 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Tom Hall

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Tom Hall
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Austin County
2 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
25 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

25 years

Tom Hall reported 25 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Hall in Austin County

  • Bob Hallborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
  • Daniel Hallborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
  • Esau Hallborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
  • Isaac Hallborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
  • Jesse Hallborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1847

Halls elsewhere in Texas

All 92 freedmen named Hall 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 58 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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