Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Presley Keys, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Presley Keys registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Presley Keys
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Presley Keys
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Keyses 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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