Bee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Ware, Bee County, Texas, 1867

Samuel Ware registered to vote in Bee County on July 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 1 of them in Bee County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bee County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 8% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Bee County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1861
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bee County

Samuel Ware

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Ware
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Bee County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Bee County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Bee County
5 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bee County highlighted
Bee County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Samuel Ware reported 5 years more in Texas than in Bee County.

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 1 of the Bee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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