Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration
James E. Brady, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
James E. Brady registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 11, 1867. He reported New York as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- New York
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
James E. Brady
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James E. Brady
- Place of birth
- New York
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Bastrop County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsJames E. Brady reported 29 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Bradys 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 13 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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