Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Reed, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Louis Reed registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 4, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
1857186018621864186618681870
In Bastrop County
Louis Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Reed
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 4, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Other freedmen named Reed in Bastrop County
- William Reedborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
Reeds 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 1 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Bastrop County, Texas
Bastrop County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Bastrop CountyThe Reed name in TexasBorn in South CarolinaSearch Bastrop County by name