Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Bugwood, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Robert Bugwood registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported Africa as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Africa
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Austin County
Robert Bugwood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Bugwood
- Place of birth
- Africa
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 34 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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