Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Rivers, Austin County, Texas, 1868
John Rivers registered to vote in Austin County on January 29, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 9 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
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
John Rivers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Rivers
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsJohn Rivers reported 18 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Riverses 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 48 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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