Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Dan Young, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869

Dan Young registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 23, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
about 1864
Reached Texas
4 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Dan Young

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Dan Young
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
4 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

4 years

Dan Young reported 4 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Youngs elsewhere in Texas

All 93 freedmen named Young 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 46 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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