Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Austin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Charles Austin registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Charles Austin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Austin
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles E Austin"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsCharles Austin reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Austin in Harrison County
- Doctor Austinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Granville Austinborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
Austins 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 38 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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