Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Spell, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
George Spell registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
George Spell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Spell
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsGeorge Spell reported 21 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Spell in Bastrop County
- George Spellborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1867
- 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 50 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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