Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Ottey, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Jack Ottey registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Jack Ottey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Ottey
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJack Ottey reported 7 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 38 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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