Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wawick Abrahams, Bexar County, Texas, 1869

Wawick Abrahams registered to vote in Bexar County on November 24, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
19 years
In Texas
about 1850
Reached Texas
18 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Bexar County

Wawick Abrahams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wawick Abrahams
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
19 years
Years in Bexar County
6 months
Years in Texas before Bexar County
18 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

18 years

Wawick Abrahams reported 18 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.

Variations of Abrahams

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 52 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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