Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Richard Love Jr., Austin County, Texas, 1867

Richard Love Jr. registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 10 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Austin County
Texas
Birthplace
23 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1844 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Austin County

Richard Love Jr.

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Richard Love Jr.
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Austin County
Registered
August 24, 1867
Years in Texas
23 years
Years in Austin County
10 years
Years in Texas before Austin County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Austin County highlighted
Austin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Richard Love Jr. reported 13 years more in Texas than in Austin County.

Variations of Love Jr.

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 34 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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