Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Stephen Gillmore, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Stephen Gillmore registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 8, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Stephen Gillmore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Stephen Gillmore
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsStephen Gillmore reported 17 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Gillmores elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Gillmore
- Gilmore 14
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 7 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Bastrop County, Texas
Bastrop County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Bastrop CountyThe Gillmore name in TexasBorn in South CarolinaSearch Bastrop County by name