Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Israel Sutton, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Israel Sutton registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 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
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Austin County
Israel Sutton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Israel Sutton
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Austin County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sutton in Austin County
- Henry Suttonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1838
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 28 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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