Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Andrews, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Austin Andrews registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Austin Andrews
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Andrews
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Henderson X Sperry"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Andrews in Walker County
- Brown Andrewsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Dave Andrewsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
Andrewses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Andrews
- Andrew 7
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 6 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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