Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Barksdale, Atascosa County, Texas, 1869
George Barksdale registered to vote in Atascosa County on November 25, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
George Barksdale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Barksdale
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Atascosa County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Atascosa County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Atascosa County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsGeorge Barksdale reported 9 years more in Texas than in Atascosa County.
Barksdales 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 11 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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