Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Gorden, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

William Gorden registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 11, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
about 1845
Reached Texas
21 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

William Gorden

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Gorden
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
21 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

21 years

William Gorden reported 21 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Gordens elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Gorden 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 14 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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