Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Elliott, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Elliott registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 17, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Aaron Elliott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Elliott
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsAaron Elliott reported 25 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Elliott in Bastrop County
- George Elliottborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1848
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 21 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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