Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Perry, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Perry registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 16 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Stephen Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Perry
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Austin County
- 16 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsStephen Perry reported 8 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Perry in Austin County
- Charles Perryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- David Perryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Sam Perryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1838
Perrys elsewhere in Texas
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 33 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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