Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Pointer, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Isaac Pointer registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Isaac Pointer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Pointer
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pointers 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 57 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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