Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Value, Austin County, Texas, 1867

William Value registered to vote in Austin County on August 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Austin County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

William Value

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Value
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Austin County
10 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

William Value 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. Austin County's entries fill 65 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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