Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer West, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Spencer West registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Spencer West
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer West
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wests 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 16 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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