Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Livingston, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Spencer Livingston registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 47 years in Texas, 47 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 47 years
- In Texas
- 47 years
- In the county
- about 1820
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1820 to 1870
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In Austin County
Spencer Livingston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Livingston
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 47 years
- Years in Austin County
- 47 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Livingston in Austin County
- Nelson Livingstonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1823
Livingstons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Livingston
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 29 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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