Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hutchinson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Hutchinson registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Hutchinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hutchinson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Hutchinson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.
Hutchinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Hutchinson
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 27 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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