Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer J. Steele, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Spencer J. Steele registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 24, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Spencer J. Steele
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer J. Steele
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Steele in Brazoria County
- Jacob Steeleborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1837
- Winford Steeleborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
Steeles elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Steele
- Steel 7
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 29 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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