Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rusimus Craft, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Rusimus Craft registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 11, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Rusimus Craft
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rusimus Craft
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsRusimus Craft reported 25 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Craft in Bastrop County
- Nelson Craftborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Richard Craftborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Sandy Craftborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1844
Crafts elsewhere 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 13 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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