Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Hardiman, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
John Hardiman registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 8, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
John Hardiman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Hardiman
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJohn Hardiman reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Hardiman in Bastrop County
- 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
- Washington Hardimanborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1837
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 7 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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