Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Bracey, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Richard Bracey registered to vote in Austin County on August 30, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 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
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Richard Bracey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Bracey
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 21 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsRichard Bracey reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Bracey in Austin County
- Prince Braceyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1838
- Win Braceyborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
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 39 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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