Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshua Sargent, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Joshua Sargent registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 4 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Joshua Sargent
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshua Sargent
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Austin County
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJoshua Sargent reported 9 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. It sits on page 42 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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