Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Simpson, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Simpson registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
John Simpson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Simpson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJohn Simpson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Simpson in Austin County
- Lewis Simpsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
Simpsons 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 10 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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