Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Byers, Austin County, Texas, 1869
David Byers registered to vote in Austin County on November 17, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Austin County
David Byers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Byers
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Austin County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Byers in Austin County
- Edmond Byersborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Henry Byersborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1862
- 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 54 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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