Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Sholts, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Jacob Sholts registered to vote in Austin County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jacob Sholts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Sholts
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sholts in Austin County
- George Sholtsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1839
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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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