Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Richardson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Austin Richardson registered to vote in Bexar County on July 3, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Austin Richardson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Richardson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Richardson in Bexar County
- Williams Richardsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
Richardsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Richardson
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 5 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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