Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ely Thornton, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Ely Thornton registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 21 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Ely Thornton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ely Thornton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 21 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearEly Thornton reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.
Thorntons 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 33 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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