Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Albert Fulsher, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Albert Fulsher registered to vote in Bastrop County on September 28, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 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 Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Bastrop County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Albert Fulsher

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Albert Fulsher
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
September 28, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
20 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

20 years

Albert Fulsher reported 20 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

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 39 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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