Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Shirly, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Shirly registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jerry Shirly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Shirly
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJerry Shirly reported 2 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 35 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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