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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Austin County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1862
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Charles Palmer reported 6 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Other freedmen named Palmer in Austin County

Palmers elsewhere in Texas

All 22 freedmen named Palmer 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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