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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Austin County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Boyd in Austin County

Boyds elsewhere in Texas

All 34 freedmen named Boyd 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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