Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hoyie, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Hoyie registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
John Hoyie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hoyie
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsJohn Hoyie reported 16 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 43 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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