Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Bohanan, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Richard Bohanan registered to vote in Austin County on November 23, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Austin County
Richard Bohanan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Bohanan
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Wallers Stone
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Austin County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bohanans 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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