Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sandy Keenet, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Sandy Keenet registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 8, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 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 South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
about 1862
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Sandy Keenet

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sandy Keenet
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 8, 1867
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
4 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

4 years

Sandy Keenet reported 4 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Keenet in Bastrop County

  • Sandy Keenetborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837

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

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