Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Ferrell, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Ferrell registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Abraham Ferrell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Ferrell
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsAbraham Ferrell reported 15 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Ferrell in Bastrop County
- Antony Ferrellborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1836
- Antony Ferrellborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1853
Ferrells 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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