Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Jesse, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Henry Jesse registered to vote in Austin County on January 28, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Austin County
Henry Jesse
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Jesse
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 46 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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