Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilbert Spears, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Gilbert Spears registered to vote in Galveston County on June 8, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Gilbert Spears
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilbert Spears
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Spears in Galveston County
- Henry Spears
- Lewis Spearsreached Texas about 1858
Spearses 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 9 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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