Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hercules Livingston, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Hercules Livingston registered to vote in Austin County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 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
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Hercules Livingston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hercules Livingston
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Livingston in Austin County
- Nelson Livingstonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1823
Livingstons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Livingston
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 23 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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