Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Simon Payne, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Simon Payne registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 6, 1867. He reported Indiana Territory as his birthplace and 3 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 Texas marked
Born in Indiana Territory, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Indiana Territory
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Simon Payne

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Simon Payne
Place of birth
Indiana Territory
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 6, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
2 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

2 years

Simon Payne reported 2 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. Bastrop County's entries fill 50 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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