Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Lipscomb, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Lipscomb registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Nathan Lipscomb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Lipscomb
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsNathan Lipscomb reported 17 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Lipscombs 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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