Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robbins Peebles, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Robbins Peebles registered to vote in Austin County on July 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Austin County
Robbins Peebles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robbins Peebles
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Austin County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Peebles in Austin County
- R.R. Peeblesborn in Ohio, reached Texas about 1835
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 12 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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