Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Milton, Austin County, Texas, 1869
John Milton registered to vote in Austin County on November 16, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 23 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Austin County
John Milton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Milton
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Miltons 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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