Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Aldridge, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

John Aldridge registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

John Aldridge

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Aldridge
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

John Aldridge reported 15 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Aldridge in Bastrop County

Aldridges elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Aldridge 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 38 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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