Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Squire Voorhies, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Squire Voorhies registered to vote in Austin County on November 19, 1869. He reported Florida 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.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Squire Voorhies
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Squire Voorhies
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Wallers Stone
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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