Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Sylvesters, Austin County, Texas, 1869
John Sylvesters registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Sylvesters
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Sylvesters
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJohn Sylvesters reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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 59 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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