Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Elliott, Bastrop County, Texas, 1868
George Elliott registered to vote in Bastrop County on January 29, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
George Elliott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Elliott
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsGeorge Elliott reported 19 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Elliott in Bastrop County
- Aaron Elliottborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
Elliotts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Elliott
- Elliot 7
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 40 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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