Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Payet, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Payet registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 20 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 Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Austin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Payet

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Payet
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Austin County
20 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
5 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

5 years

Payet reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

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. Austin County's entries fill 65 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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