Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Osburn Edwards, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Osburn Edwards registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Osburn Edwards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Osburn Edwards
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsOsburn Edwards reported 2 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Edwards in Bastrop County
- Anthony Edwardsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- Green Edwardsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1841
- Green Edwardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1838
- James Edwardsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- Louis Edwardsborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1865
Edwardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Edwards
- Edward 5
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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