Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Pendleton, Austin County, Texas, 1869
John Pendleton registered to vote in Austin County on November 25, 1869. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Austin County
John Pendleton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Pendleton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pendletons 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 63 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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