Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Spivey, Parker County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Spivey registered to vote in Parker County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 3 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Parker County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

Thomas Spivey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Spivey
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 26, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Parker County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Parker County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Thomas Spivey reported 15 years more in Texas than in Parker County.

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 1 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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