Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Van Buren, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Martin Van Buren registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 26 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Martin Van Buren
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Van Buren
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
26 yearsMartin Van Buren reported 26 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Van Burens 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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