Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hampton Ausburn, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Hampton Ausburn registered to vote in Harrison County on August 1, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Hampton Ausburn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hampton Ausburn
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. Auburns"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHampton Ausburn reported 6 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Ausburn in Harrison County
- Ceaser Ausburnborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
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 53 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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