Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Cesar Berdine, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Cesar Berdine registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 4, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Bastrop County

Cesar Berdine

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Cesar Berdine
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Place of residence
Bastrop County
Registered
July 4, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in the precinct
1 month
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

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 1 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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