Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Butlar, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Richard Butlar registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Richard Butlar
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Butlar
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Butlars elsewhere 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 60 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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