Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel McGregor, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Sammuel McGregor registered to vote in Austin County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 11 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Sammuel McGregor
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel McGregor
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsSammuel McGregor reported 9 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named McGregor in Austin County
- Malcome McGregorborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
McGregors 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 11 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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