Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anthony Thurman, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Anthony Thurman registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Anthony Thurman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anthony Thurman
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsAnthony Thurman reported 21 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Thurmans 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 51 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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