Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Merritt, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Richard Merritt registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 1 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Richard Merritt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Merritt
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsRichard Merritt reported 21 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
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 27 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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