Bastrop County ยท 1867 voter registration

Alois Knittel, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Alois Knittel registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Prussia as his birthplace and 16 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 Texas marked
Born in Prussia, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Prussia
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
30 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

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In Bastrop County

Alois Knittel

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alois Knittel
Place of birth
Prussia
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Bastrop County
30 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Naturalized, how
"District Court Bastrop Co Tex"
Naturalized, when
"Oct 20th 1879"
Naturalized, where
"Bastrop Bastrop Co Texas"
Signature, as written
"Alois Kuttel"
Remarks, as written
"Colored voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

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 10 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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