Caldwell County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Chester Bird, Caldwell County, Texas, 1867
Chester Bird registered to vote in Caldwell County on August 13, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Caldwell County registered 447 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Caldwell County
Chester Bird
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Chester Bird
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Caldwell County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Other freedmen named Bird in Caldwell County
- Colbert Birdborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- Lee Birdborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
Birds 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 20 of the Caldwell County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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