Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Vincent, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Peter Vincent registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Peter Vincent
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Vincent
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsPeter Vincent reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Vincents 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 30 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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