Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lawson Sammuel, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Lawson Sammuel registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Austin County
Lawson Sammuel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lawson Sammuel
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Austin County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sammuel in Austin County
- Leroy Sammuelborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Moore Sammuelborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
Sammuels elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sammuel
- Samuel 14
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 50 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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