Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Jaberd, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Frank Jaberd registered to vote in Austin County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Frank Jaberd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Jaberd
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsFrank Jaberd reported 9 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 22 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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