Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Emanuel Reese, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Emanuel Reese registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Emanuel Reese
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Emanuel Reese
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Reeses 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 5 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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