Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Batter, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Edward Batter registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 11, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bastrop County
Edward Batter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Batter
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Bastrop County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
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 13 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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