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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsThomas Spivey reported 15 years more in Texas than in Parker County.
Spiveys 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 1 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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