Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Doc Hammilton, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Doc Hammilton registered to vote in Austin County on November 17, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Austin County
Doc Hammilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Doc Hammilton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Variations of Hammilton
- Hamilton 36
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 54 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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