Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Smaller, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Henry Smaller registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 14 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.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Henry Smaller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Smaller
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsHenry Smaller reported 13 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Variations of Smaller
- Small 11
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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