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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsWawick Abrahams reported 18 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Abrahamses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Abrahams
- Abraham 5
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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