Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Dunn, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Dunn registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 1, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Samuel Dunn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Dunn
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Walnut Creek
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsSamuel Dunn reported 10 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Dunns 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 30 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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