Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Hammond, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Jack Hammond registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Jack Hammond
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Hammond
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJack Hammond reported 12 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Hammonds elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Hammond
- Hammonds 6
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 19 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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