Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Henry, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Henry registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Austin County
Thomas Henry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Henry
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Austin County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Henry in Austin County
- Andrew Henryborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1865
Henrys 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 33 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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