Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Irvin Hargrove, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Irvin Hargrove registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Irvin Hargrove

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Irvin Hargrove
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 10, 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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Irvin Hargrove reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Hargrove in Bastrop County

Hargroves elsewhere in Texas

All 11 freedmen named Hargrove 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 11 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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