Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Rice, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Peter Rice registered to vote in Austin County on September 4, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 40 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 40 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
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In Austin County
Peter Rice
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Rice
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Grove
- Registered
- September 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Austin County
- 40 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rice in Austin County
- Robert Riceborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1830
Rices 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 44 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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