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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsSam Alexander reported 13 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Alexander in Bastrop County
- David Alexanderborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Dennis Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- John Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Martin Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
Alexanders 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 49 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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