Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joziahs Bryant, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Joziahs Bryant registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 2 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Joziahs Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joziahs Bryant
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJoziahs Bryant reported 9 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Bryant in Austin County
- Jacob Bryantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1846
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 60 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Austin County, Texas
Austin County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Austin CountyThe Bryant name in TexasBorn in North CarolinaSearch Austin County by name