Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Bend, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Robert Bend registered to vote in Austin County on November 23, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Robert Bend
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Bend
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bends 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 61 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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