Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matthew Spencer, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Matthew Spencer registered to vote in Brazoria County on September 3, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Matthew Spencer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matthew Spencer
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Spencer in Brazoria County
- Matthew Spencerborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1849
Spencers 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 30 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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