Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Houston, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Washington Houston registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 17 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Washington Houston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Houston
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
17 yearsWashington Houston reported 17 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Houston in Bastrop County
- Haywood Houstonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- Moses Houstonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Rufus Houstonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
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 9 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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