Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Newell Augustus, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Newell Augustus registered to vote in Bexar County on November 17, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Newell Augustus
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Newell Augustus
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Augustuses 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 43 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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