Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Reynolds, Austin County, Texas, 1869
William Reynolds registered to vote in Austin County on November 26, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Austin County
William Reynolds
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Reynolds
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Reynoldses 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 65 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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