Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Phillips, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Spencer Phillips registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 20, 1869. He reported 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Spencer Phillips
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Phillips
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsSpencer Phillips reported 14 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Phillips in Gonzales County
- Abner Phillipsreached Texas about 1864
- Garrison Phillipsreached Texas about 1853
Phillipses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Phillips
- Philips 20
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 41 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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