Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wesley Harmby, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Wesley Harmby registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Wesley Harmby

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wesley Harmby
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Austin County
2 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

16 years

Wesley Harmby reported 16 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

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 26 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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