Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Byers, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Henry Byers registered to vote in Austin County on November 18, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 7 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Byers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Byers
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsHenry Byers reported 5 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Byers in Austin County
- David Byersborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Edmond Byersborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Kelly Byersborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
Byerses 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 56 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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