Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rufus Spears, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Rufus Spears registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 24, 1869. He reported 10 years in Texas, 4 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Rufus Spears
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rufus Spears
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsRufus Spears reported 6 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Spears in Gonzales County
- Abraham Spearsreached Texas about 1857
- Edmund 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 43 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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