Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Zackariah Starks, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Zackariah Starks registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Austin County
Zackariah Starks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Zackariah Starks
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Starks in Austin County
- Bristol Starksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- John Starksborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 42 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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