Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Palmer, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Charles Palmer registered to vote in Austin County on November 19, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 1 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Charles Palmer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Palmer
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Wallers Stone
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsCharles Palmer reported 6 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Palmer in Austin County
- Armstead Palmerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Friday Palmerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
- Jenned Palmerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Oliver Palmerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Warren Palmerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
Palmers 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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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