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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsSandy 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
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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