Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wade Hampton, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Wade Hampton registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 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
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Wade Hampton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wade Hampton
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hampton in Austin County
- Hezekiah Hamptonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Janail Hamptonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- John Hamptonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Solomon Hamptonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- 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 59 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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