Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Riley Butler, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Riley Butler registered to vote in Austin County on January 31, 1868. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Riley Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Riley Butler
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Butler in Austin County
- Jermis Butlerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- Leonard Butlerborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1861
- Peter Butlerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Robert Butlerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- William Butlerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
Butlers 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 52 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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