Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Black, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
John Black registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee 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.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Bastrop County
John Black
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Black
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 30 years 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "John his X mark Black"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Other freedmen named Black in Bastrop County
- Augustus Blackborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
- John Blackborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Nathan Blackborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
- Randle Blackborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Tom Blackborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
Blacks 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 8 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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