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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Austin County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Moses Haskins reported 13 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 49 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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