Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John H. Duncan, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
John H. Duncan registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 5, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John H. Duncan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John H. Duncan
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJohn H. Duncan reported 5 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Duncan in Bastrop County
- Daniel Duncanborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1862
Duncans 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 31 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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