Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Spell, Bastrop County, Texas, 1868
George Spell registered to vote in Bastrop County on January 29, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bastrop County
George Spell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Spell
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Other freedmen named Spell in Bastrop County
- George Spellborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- George Spellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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