Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Washington, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Henry Washington registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 8, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Henry Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Washington
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsHenry Washington reported 19 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Bastrop County
- Daniel Washingtonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
- Franklin Washingtonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- George Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- Henry Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
Washingtons 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 8 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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