Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Rivers, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Austin Rivers registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 16, 1867. He reported 34 years in Texas, 18 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored Dead" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 34 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1833
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1833 to 1870
Austin Rivers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Rivers
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 34 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Dead"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsAustin Rivers reported 16 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Riverses 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 9 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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