Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Walter Madison, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Walter Madison registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 23 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
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Walter Madison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Walter Madison
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 23 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsWalter Madison reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Madison in Austin County
- Lafayette Madisonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
Madisons 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 28 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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