Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Greene Bly, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Greene Bly registered to vote in Austin County on July 23, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Austin County
Greene Bly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Greene Bly
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Austin County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Blys 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 5 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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