Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Gilham, Bastrop County, Texas, 1868
William Gilham registered to vote in Bastrop County on January 30, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
William Gilham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Gilham
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsWilliam Gilham reported 14 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 41 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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