Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Bias, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Andrew Bias registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Andrew Bias
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Bias
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bias in Austin County
- Aaron Biasborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Bachus Biasborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
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 50 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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