Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Bouldin, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Peter Bouldin registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Peter Bouldin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Bouldin
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsPeter Bouldin reported 14 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Bouldin in Austin County
- Aaron Bouldinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Alexander Bouldinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Daniels Bouldinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Doctor Bouldinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Paul Bouldinborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
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 9 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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