Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Sholts, Austin County, Texas, 1869
George Sholts registered to vote in Austin County on November 19, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 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
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Austin County
George Sholts
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Sholts
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Wallers Stone
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Austin County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sholts in Austin County
- Jacob Sholtsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
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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