Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Stafford, Austin County, Texas, 1869
George Stafford registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
George Stafford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Stafford
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Staffords 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 58 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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