Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Beny Slack, Austin County, Texas, 1869
John Beny Slack registered to vote in Austin County on November 25, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Austin County
John Beny Slack
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Beny Slack
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Slacks 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 63 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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