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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsSamuel Ware reported 5 years more in Texas than in Bee County.
Wares 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 1 of the Bee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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