Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John W. Hampton, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John W. Hampton registered to vote in Austin County on July 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Austin County
John W. Hampton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John W. Hampton
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Austin County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hampton in Austin County
- Hezekiah Hamptonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- John Hamptonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Solomon Hamptonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Wade Hamptonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Wiley Hamptonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
Hamptons 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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