Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sammuel Servis, Austin County, Texas, 1867

Sammuel Servis registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 8 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 Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Austin County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
26 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1841
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1841 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Sammuel Servis

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sammuel Servis
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Austin County
8 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
18 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

18 years

Sammuel Servis reported 18 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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