Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Richerson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

John Richerson registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 15, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
2 years
In Texas
about 1865
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

John Richerson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Richerson
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
2 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
1 year
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

1 year

John Richerson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Richerson in Bastrop County

Richersons elsewhere in Texas

All 5 freedmen named Richerson 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 38 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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