Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Turner Low, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Turner Low registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 4, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 9 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
about 1858
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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In Bastrop County

Turner Low

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Turner Low
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 4, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in the precinct
1 month
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Low in Bastrop County

  • Isaac Lowborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854

Lows elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Low in Texas

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

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