Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sampson Sherrod, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Sampson Sherrod registered to vote in Austin County on July 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 1 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Sampson Sherrod
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sampson Sherrod
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsSampson Sherrod reported 13 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Sherrods 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 8 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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