Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Barnett, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Henry Barnett registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 11, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Barnett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Barnett
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Bastrop County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsHenry Barnett reported 3 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Barnett in Bastrop County
- Jim Barnettborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Josephus Barnettborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
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 14 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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