Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George B. Washington, Bastrop County, Texas, 1868
George B. Washington registered to vote in Bastrop County on January 30, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
George B. Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George B. Washington
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsGeorge B. Washington reported 27 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
- Henry Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Henry Washingtonborn in South Carolina, 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 41 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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