Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Silas Butchers, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869

Silas Butchers registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 26, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 2 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 South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
about 1865
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Silas Butchers

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Silas Butchers
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
1 year
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

1 year

Silas Butchers reported 1 year more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Variations of Butchers

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

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