Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Perry, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Sam Perry registered to vote in Austin County on November 23, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 31 years in Texas, 31 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 31 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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In Austin County
Sam Perry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Perry
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Austin County
- 31 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Perry in Austin County
- Charles Perryborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- David Perryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
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 61 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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