Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Spriggs, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Spriggs registered to vote in Austin County on August 19, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 42 years in Texas, 42 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 42 years
- In Texas
- 42 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1825 to 1870
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In Austin County
Alexander Spriggs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Spriggs
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 42 years
- Years in Austin County
- 42 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Spriggs in Austin County
- Eli Spriggsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- George Spriggsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1837
Spriggses 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 26 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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