Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Alexander, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
David Alexander registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 11, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
David Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Alexander
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Bastrop County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsDavid Alexander reported 20 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Alexander in Bastrop County
- Dennis Alexanderborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- 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 14 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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