Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sandy Love, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Sandy Love registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Austin County
Texas
Birthplace
24 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
22 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1843 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Sandy Love

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sandy Love
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
August 26, 1867
Years in Texas
24 years
Years in Austin County
2 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
22 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

22 years

Sandy Love reported 22 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Love in Austin County

  • Jim Loveborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
  • Martin Loveborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851

Loves elsewhere in Texas

All 38 freedmen named Love 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 35 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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