Hays County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Spencer Green, Hays County, Texas, 1867

Spencer Green registered to vote in Hays County. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hays County registered 197 freedmen in 1867, 32% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Hays County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Hays County

Spencer Green

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Spencer Green
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Hays County
Precinct
1
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Hays County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Hays County highlighted
Hays County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Green in Hays County

Greens elsewhere in Texas

All 225 freedmen named Green in Texas

Variations of Green

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 2 of the Hays County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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