Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Switzer, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Edward Switzer registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Edward Switzer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Switzer
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Austin County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 53 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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