Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josiah Pain, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Josiah Pain registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 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
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Josiah Pain
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josiah Pain
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 29 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsJosiah Pain reported 29 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Pains elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Pain
- Paine 6
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 18 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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