Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard R. Peebles, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Richard R. Peebles registered to vote in Austin County on August 20, 1867. He reported Ohio as his birthplace and 32 years in Texas, 25 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Ohio
- Birthplace
- 32 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1835
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1835 to 1870
Richard R. Peebles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard R. Peebles
- Place of birth
- Ohio
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Years in Austin County
- 25 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsRichard R. Peebles reported 7 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Peebles in Austin County
- Robbins Peeblesborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1844
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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