Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Day Sevris, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Day Sevris registered to vote in Austin County on November 16, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Austin County
Day Sevris
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Day Sevris
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 22 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. Austin County's entries fill 65 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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