Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Blackshear, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Austin Blackshear registered to vote in Anderson County on November 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 3 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Austin Blackshear
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Blackshear
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsAustin Blackshear reported 17 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Blackshears 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 49 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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