Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jim Love, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Jim Love registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Jim Love
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jim Love
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsJim Love reported 22 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Love in Austin County
- Martin Loveborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Sandy Loveborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
Loves 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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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