Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Rice, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Robert Rice registered to vote in Austin County on September 4, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 37 years in Texas, 37 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 37 years
- In Texas
- 37 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1830 to 1870
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In Austin County
Robert Rice
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Rice
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 37 years
- Years in Austin County
- 37 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Rice in Austin County
- Peter Riceborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1827
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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