Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Edmond Wormely, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Edmond Wormely registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 11, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
26 years
In Texas
about 1841
Reached Texas
25 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1841 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Edmond Wormely

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Edmond Wormely
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 11, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
25 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

25 years

Edmond Wormely reported 25 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 13 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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