Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pikney Edwards, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Pikney Edwards registered to vote in Austin County on November 17, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 2 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Pikney Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pikney Edwards
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Edwards in Austin County
- Abram Edwardsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Albert Edwardsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1837
- Geo Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Jim Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1839
- John Edwardsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1840
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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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