Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robinson Pleasant, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Robinson Pleasant registered to vote in Austin County on July 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Robinson Pleasant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robinson Pleasant
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pleasants 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 9 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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