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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsTom 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
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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