Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Branch, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Willis Branch registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Willis Branch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Branch
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsWillis Branch reported 4 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Branches 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 7 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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