Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Harper, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Harper registered to vote in Austin County on September 2, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 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
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Austin County
Aaron Harper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Harper
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harper in Austin County
- Queten Harperborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
Harpers 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 41 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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