Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Foster, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Richard Foster registered to vote in Austin County on August 21, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 8 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
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Richard Foster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Foster
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsRichard Foster reported 20 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Foster in Austin County
- Felix Fosterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Frank Fosterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1834
- Jacob Fosterborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
Fosters 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 29 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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