Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Parker, Austin County, Texas, 1867
William Parker registered to vote in Austin County on July 30, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Austin County
William Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Parker
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Austin County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Parker in Austin County
- Isaace Parkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Parkers 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 12 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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