Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Reed, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
William Reed registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
William Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Reed
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsWilliam Reed reported 12 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Reed in Bastrop County
- Louis Reedborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 10 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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