Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Patterson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Patterson registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Joseph Patterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Patterson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Grove
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Patterson in Austin County
- Andy Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
- Winn Pattersonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Wyatt Pattersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
Pattersons 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 36 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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