Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ceaser Ausburn, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Ceaser Ausburn registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Ceaser Ausburn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ceaser Ausburn
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "C. Auburn"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsCeaser Ausburn reported 16 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Ausburn in Harrison County
- Hampton Ausburnborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
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 48 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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