Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Paul Bryce, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Paul Bryce registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Paul Bryce
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Paul Bryce
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsPaul Bryce reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Bryce in Bastrop County
- Joshia Bryceborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- Willis Bryceborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
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 37 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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