Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amos Rector, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Amos Rector registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Amos Rector
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amos Rector
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsAmos Rector reported 20 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Rector in Bastrop County
- James Rectorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Morris Rectorborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Sadwell Rectorborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Wesley Rectorborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
Rectors 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 17 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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