Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thos Kemp, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Thos Kemp registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Austin County
Thos Kemp
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thos Kemp
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Kemps 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 51 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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