Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
King Austin, Leon County, Texas, 1869
King Austin registered to vote in Leon County on November 22, 1869. He reported Florida as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
1849186018621864186618681870
In Leon County
King Austin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- King Austin
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Leon County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Distinct"
- Naturalized, when
- "May 7. 1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Waco, McLennan Co."
- Signature, as written
- "King Austin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Austin in Leon County
- Adam Austinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
- John Austinborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- 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 33 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Leon County, Texas
Leon County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Leon CountyThe Austin name in TexasBorn in FloridaSearch Leon County by name