Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Linsey, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Robert Linsey registered to vote in Austin County on November 24, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Robert Linsey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Linsey
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsRobert Linsey reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Linsey in Austin County
- William Linseyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
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 61 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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