Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lasarus Randall, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Lasarus Randall registered to vote in Austin County on August 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Lasarus Randall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lasarus Randall
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsLasarus Randall reported 11 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Randall in Austin County
- Charles Randallborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1848
- Harrison Randallborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
Randalls elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Randall
- Randal 12
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 38 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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