Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Grandwell Colverson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
Grandwell Colverson registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 26, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Grandwell Colverson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Grandwell Colverson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsGrandwell Colverson reported 17 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 49 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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