Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Shannon, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Austin Shannon registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 31, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Austin Shannon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Shannon
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Austin Shannon"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAustin Shannon reported 3 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Shannon in Kaufman County
- Arthur Shannonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Shannons 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 17 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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