Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Spiry, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Spiry registered to vote in Walker County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Nelson Spiry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Spiry
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nelson Spury"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsNelson Spiry reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Spiry in Walker County
- Coraf Spiryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- George Spiryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Henry Spiryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Perry Spiryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
- Robert Spiryborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
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 9 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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