Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Aaron Paine, Austin County, Texas, 1868

Aaron Paine registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Austin County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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In Austin County

Aaron Paine

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Aaron Paine
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
January 30, 1868
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Austin County
22 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Paine in Austin County

Paines elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Paine 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 49 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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