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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Paine in Austin County
- Pleasant Paineborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
Paines 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 49 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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