Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nero Boyd, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Nero Boyd registered to vote in Austin County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Austin County
Nero Boyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nero Boyd
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Austin County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Boyd in Austin County
- Jacob Boydborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Moses Boydborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1822
- Robert Boydborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1821
Boyds 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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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