Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Perry, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Charles Perry registered to vote in Austin County on August 23, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Charles Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Perry
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perry in Austin County
- 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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