Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Punchard, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Punchard registered to vote in Austin County on July 21, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 36 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 36 years
- In Texas
- 36 years
- In the county
- about 1831
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1831 to 1870
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In Austin County
Punchard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Punchard
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 36 years
- Years in Austin County
- 36 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Punchard in Austin County
- Hilyard Punchardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
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 3 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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