Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Setarvide, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
James Setarvide registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
James Setarvide
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Setarvide
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJames Setarvide reported 8 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 46 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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