Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Hicks, Austin County, Texas, 1867
James Hicks registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Austin County
James Hicks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Hicks
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hickses 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 26 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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