Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Sharper, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Spencer Sharper registered to vote in Fayette County on August 15, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Fayette County
Spencer Sharper
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Sharper
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sharper in Fayette County
- Dick Sharperborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
Sharpers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sharper
- Sharp 12
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 43 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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