Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration
George W. Schafer, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
George W. Schafer registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 12, 1867. He reported Indiana as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Indiana
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
George W. Schafer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George W. Schafer
- Place of birth
- Indiana
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsGeorge W. Schafer reported 21 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
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 15 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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