Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samson Sheriff, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Samson Sheriff registered to vote in Austin County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 6 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Samson Sheriff
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samson Sheriff
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Austin County
- 6 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsSamson Sheriff reported 15 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 60 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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