Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levi Ross, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Levi Ross registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Austin County
Levi Ross
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levi Ross
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Rosses 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 49 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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