Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses H. Sapho, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Moses H. Sapho registered to vote in Austin County on January 28, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Austin County
Moses H. Sapho
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses H. Sapho
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Austin County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 47 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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