Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Blunt, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Richard Blunt registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Austin County
Richard Blunt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Blunt
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Austin County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Blunt in Austin County
- Simon Bluntborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Blunts 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 27 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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