Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Houston, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Moses Houston registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 5, 1867. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Moses Houston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Houston
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 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 yearsMoses Houston reported 14 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Houston in Bastrop County
- Haywood Houstonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Rufus Houstonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
- Washington Houstonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
Houstons 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 3 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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