Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Hardiman, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Washington Hardiman registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Washington Hardiman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Hardiman
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsWashington Hardiman reported 29 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Hardiman in Bastrop County
- John Hardimanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1852
- Josiah Hardimanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1833
- Josiah Hardimanborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1861
- Matt Hardimanborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1849
- Philip Hardimanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
Hardimans elsewhere 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 8 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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