Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Brown Richard, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Brown Richard registered to vote in Austin County on August 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Austin County
Brown Richard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Brown Richard
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Austin County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Richard in Austin County
- James Richardborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Richards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Richard
- Richardson 64
- Richards 32
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 31 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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