Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Horwell Space, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Horwell Space registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Horwell Space
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Horwell Space
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 5, 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 yearsHorwell Space 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 4 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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