Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration
Oliver Cromwell, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Oliver Cromwell registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 8, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Oliver Cromwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oliver Cromwell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsOliver Cromwell reported 23 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Cromwells 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 8 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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