Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Richmond, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Richard Richmond registered to vote in Austin County on August 27, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 33 years in Texas, 33 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
- 33 years
- In Texas
- 33 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1834 to 1870
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In Austin County
Richard Richmond
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Richmond
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Grove
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 33 years
- Years in Austin County
- 33 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Richmond in Austin County
- Caesar Richmondborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
Richmonds 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 37 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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