Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Mumford, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Robert Mumford registered to vote in Austin County on August 30, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Robert Mumford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Mumford
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Mumford in Austin County
- Charles Mumfordborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1838
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 39 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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