Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Gilbert Chainey, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Gilbert Chainey registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 11, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 17 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
17 years
In Texas
about 1850
Reached Texas
16 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Gilbert Chainey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Gilbert Chainey
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
16 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

16 years

Gilbert Chainey reported 16 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

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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