Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Sutton, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Henry Sutton registered to vote in Austin County on July 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 29 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
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 29 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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In Austin County
Henry Sutton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Sutton
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Austin County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sutton in Austin County
- Israel Suttonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
Suttons 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 3 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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