Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Fields, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Austin Fields registered to vote in Harrison County on July 9, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Austin Fields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Fields
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fields in Harrison County
- Daniel Fieldsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Granderson Fieldsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
- Henry Fieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Jack Fieldsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- James Fieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
Fieldses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Fields
- Field 9
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 21 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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