Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Butler, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
Spencer Butler registered to vote in Harrison County on July 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Spencer Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Butler
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "B Butler"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Butler in Harrison County
- Abram Butlerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Christopher Butlerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1855
- Elbert Butlerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1849
- Jack Butlerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- James Butlerborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
Butlers 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 40 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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