Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Granville Austin, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Granville Austin registered to vote in Harrison County on July 18, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Harrison County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Harrison County

Granville Austin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Granville Austin
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
5
Place of residence
Harrison County
Registered
July 18, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Harrison County
2 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Harrison County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Granville Austin reported 19 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.

Other freedmen named Austin in Harrison County

Austins elsewhere in Texas

All 34 freedmen named Austin 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 33 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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