Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Green, Bastrop County, Texas, 1868
William Green registered to vote in Bastrop County on January 29, 1868. He reported Texas 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
William Green
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Green
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- 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"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsWilliam Green reported 21 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Green in Bastrop County
- General Greenborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
- George Greenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- George Greenborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1859
- James Greenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Jordan Greenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
Greens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Green
- Greene 9
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 40 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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