Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sammuel Sall, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Sammuel Sall registered to vote in Austin County on July 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Austin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Sammuel Sall

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sammuel Sall
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
July 21, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Austin County
1 year
Years in Texas before Austin County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Sammuel Sall reported 12 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

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. Austin County's entries fill 65 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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