Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Jenkins, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Richard Jenkins registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Richard Jenkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Jenkins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jenkins in Austin County
- Winn Jenkinsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Witter Jenkinsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
Jenkinses 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 35 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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