Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Bryant, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Bryant registered to vote in Austin County on July 22, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Austin County
Jacob Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Bryant
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Austin County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bryant in Austin County
- Joziahs Bryantborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
Bryants elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Bryant
- Bryan 15
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 4 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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