Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Moses McCewen, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Moses McCewen registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 13, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 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
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Moses McCewen

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Moses McCewen
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 13, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
11 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

11 years

Moses McCewen reported 11 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 17 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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