Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Dechard, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Richard Dechard registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 12, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Richard Dechard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Dechard
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsRichard Dechard reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Dechard in Bastrop County
- Joseph Dechardborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1854
- Thomas Dechardborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Dechards 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 38 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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