Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Clemens, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Spencer Clemens registered to vote in Anderson County on August 13, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Spencer Clemens
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Clemens
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Kickapoo and Co. Anderson County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Clemenses 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 19 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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