Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Ballard, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
Austin Ballard registered to vote in Fannin County on July 15, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Austin Ballard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Ballard
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Fannin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAustin Ballard reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fannin County.
Ballards 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 4 of the Fannin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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