Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis Alexander, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Dennis Alexander registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 18, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Dennis Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis Alexander
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsDennis Alexander reported 6 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Alexander in Bastrop County
- David Alexanderborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- John Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1850
- Martin Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Sam Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 23 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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