Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Tom Green, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Tom Green registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 3, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Bastrop County

Tom Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Tom Green
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 3, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in the precinct
1 month
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Green in Bastrop County

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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

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