Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hamilton Austin, Victoria County, Texas, 1867
Hamilton Austin registered to vote in Victoria County on June 26, 1867. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Hamilton Austin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hamilton Austin
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Abram his X mark Smith"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Austin in Victoria County
- Brutus Austinreached Texas about 1866
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 Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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