Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Boyd, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Moses Boyd registered to vote in Austin County on January 27, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 46 years in Texas, 46 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
- 46 years
- In Texas
- 46 years
- In the county
- about 1822
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1822 to 1870
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In Austin County
Moses Boyd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Boyd
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 46 years
- Years in Austin County
- 46 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Boyd in Austin County
- Jacob Boydborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Neno Boydborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- 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 45 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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