Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alois Knittee, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Alois Knittee 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
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Bastrop County

Alois Knittee

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alois Knittee
Place of birth
Prussia
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
15 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

15 years

Alois Knittee reported 15 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 10 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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