Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Alexander, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869

Sam Alexander registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 26, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 14 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
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Sam Alexander

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Alexander
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
3
Place of residence
Bastrop County
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
13 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

13 years

Sam Alexander reported 13 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Alexander in Bastrop County

Alexanders elsewhere in Texas

All 121 freedmen named Alexander 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 49 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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