Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isam Erls, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Isam Erls registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 6, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
about 1859
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Isam Erls

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isam Erls
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
7 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Isam Erls reported 7 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Erlses elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Erls 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 32 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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