Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josephus Barnett, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Josephus Barnett registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 5, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Josephus Barnett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josephus Barnett
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJosephus Barnett reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Barnett in Bastrop County
- Henry Barnettborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Jim Barnettborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
Barnetts 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 4 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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