Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Austin, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Adam Austin registered to vote in Leon County on August 9, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 12 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Adam Austin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Austin
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Leon County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Adam x Austin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsAdam Austin reported 6 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Austin in Leon County
- John Austinborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- King Austinborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1849
- Ruben Austinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Thomas Austinborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
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 5 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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