Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Maymard, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Maymard registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 8, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Alexander Maymard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Maymard
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsAlexander Maymard reported 10 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 6 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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