Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Doctor Spire, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Doctor Spire registered to vote in Galveston County on January 27, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Doctor Spire
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Doctor Spire
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 45 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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