Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Randle, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
James Randle registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
- 34 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
James Randle
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Randle
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 34 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
34 yearsJames Randle reported 34 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Randle in Bastrop County
- William Randleborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
Randles elsewhere 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 19 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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