Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Green, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869

George Green registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 26, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 10 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 Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
about 1859
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

George Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Green
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
9 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

9 years

George Green reported 9 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

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

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