Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David White, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
David White registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
David White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David White
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsDavid White reported 12 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named White in Bastrop County
- Alexander Whiteborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1854
- Beu Whiteborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Buck Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
- Harry Whiteborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1832
- L. Whiteborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1864
Whites 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 12 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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