Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Haskins, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Moses Haskins registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 12 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Moses Haskins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Haskins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsMoses Haskins reported 13 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Haskinses 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 49 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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