Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Hester, Austin County, Texas, 1867
George Hester registered to vote in Austin County on August 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 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
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
George Hester
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Hester
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hester in Austin County
- LaFayette Hesterborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Hesters 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 36 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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