Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George McQueen, Austin County, Texas, 1869
George McQueen registered to vote in Austin County on November 16, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
George McQueen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George McQueen
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsGeorge McQueen reported 9 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
McQueens 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 53 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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