Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isaac Boldwin, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Isaac Boldwin registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
about 1859
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Isaac Boldwin

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isaac Boldwin
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
7 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Isaac Boldwin reported 7 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

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

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