Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Liles, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Charles Liles registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 14 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Charles Liles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Liles
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Grove
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Austin County
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsCharles Liles reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Lileses 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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