Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Philips, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Spencer Philips registered to vote in Austin County on August 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Spencer Philips
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Philips
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Austin County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsSpencer Philips reported 2 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Philips in Austin County
- Isaac Philipsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
Philipses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Philips
- Phillips 44
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 40 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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