Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Starks, Austin County, Texas, 1867
John Starks registered to vote in Austin County on August 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
John Starks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Starks
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJohn Starks reported 8 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Starks in Austin County
- Bristol Starksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Jackariah Starksborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1840
- Richard Starksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Starkses 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 39 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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