Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis Kelly, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Dennis Kelly registered to vote in Austin County on September 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Austin County
Dennis Kelly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis Kelly
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Austin County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Kelly in Austin County
- Prince Kellyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Kellys 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 41 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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