Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Spiller, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Spiller registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 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.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Alexander Spiller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Spiller
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. X his mark Spicely"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsAlexander Spiller reported 13 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Spiller in Walker County
- George Spillerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
Spillers 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 15 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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