Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Lawence, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Charles Lawence registered to vote in Bastrop County on September 28, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Charles Lawence
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Lawence
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsCharles Lawence reported 20 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Variations of Lawence
- Lawrence 14
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 39 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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