Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Hanks, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Wilson Hanks registered to vote in Austin County on January 27, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 30 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Wilson Hanks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Hanks
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Austin County
- 19 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsWilson Hanks reported 11 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Hankses 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 45 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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