Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rigdon Toller, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Rigdon Toller registered to vote in Austin County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Austin County
Rigdon Toller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rigdon Toller
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Wallers Stone
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 58 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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