Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pilgrim Bewbry, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Pilgrim Bewbry registered to vote in Austin County on August 11, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 7 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Pilgrim Bewbry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pilgrim Bewbry
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearPilgrim Bewbry reported 1 year more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Bewbry in Austin County
- David Bewbryborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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 22 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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