Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Patterson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
William Patterson registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
William Patterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Patterson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- 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 yearsWilliam Patterson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Patterson in Austin County
- Andy Pattersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
- Joseph Pattersonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- 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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