Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Spencer, Walker County, Texas, 1867
John Spencer registered to vote in Walker County on August 3, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Duplicate given" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% 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 Walker County
John Spencer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Spencer
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "John his X mark Spencer"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Duplicate given"
Other freedmen named Spencer in Walker County
- William Spencerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
Spencers 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 5 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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