Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Love Sr., Austin County, Texas, 1867
Richard Love Sr. registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 27 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Richard Love Sr.
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Love Sr.
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsRichard Love Sr. reported 19 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Variations of Love Sr.
- Love 38
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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