Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Tutson, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Washington Tutson registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Washington Tutson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Tutson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsWashington Tutson reported 18 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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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