Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Shannon, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Shannon registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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In Austin County
Thomas Shannon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Shannon
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Shannons elsewhere in Texas
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 26 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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