Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Paul Bouldin, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Paul Bouldin registered to vote in Austin County on July 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Paul Bouldin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Paul Bouldin
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsPaul Bouldin reported 15 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
- Peter Bouldinborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
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 7 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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