Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Mumford, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Charles Mumford registered to vote in Austin County on July 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 29 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 29 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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In Austin County
Charles Mumford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Mumford
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Austin County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mumford in Austin County
- Robert Mumfordborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
Mumfords 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 2 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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