Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Cain, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869

William Cain registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
about 1849
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

William Cain

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Cain
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
19 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

19 years

William Cain reported 19 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Cain in Bastrop County

  • Jesse Cainborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
  • Newton Cainborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1856

Cains elsewhere in Texas

All 11 freedmen named Cain 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 50 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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