Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Jenkins, Austin County, Texas, 1867
William Jenkins registered to vote in Austin County on August 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 3 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
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Jenkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Jenkins
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWilliam Jenkins reported 3 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Jenkins in Austin County
- Richard Jenkinsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- 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 36 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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