Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Antonio Kendle, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Antonio Kendle registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Antonio Kendle

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Antonio Kendle
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
9 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

9 years

Antonio Kendle reported 9 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

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

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