Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Richards, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Richards registered to vote in Austin County on August 24, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 10 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Jerry Richards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Richards
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJerry Richards reported 12 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Richards in Austin County
- Cyrus Richardsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1845
- Henry Richardsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Isaac Richardsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Robert Richardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
Richardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Richards
- Richardson 64
- Richard 21
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 34 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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