Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jordan Monroe, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869

Jordan Monroe registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 25, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Jordan Monroe

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jordan Monroe
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 25, 1869
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
13 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

13 years

Jordan Monroe reported 13 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Monroe in Bastrop County

Monroes elsewhere in Texas

All 21 freedmen named Monroe 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 48 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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