Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Strother Bombay, Bexar County, Texas, 1868
Strother Bombay registered to vote in Bexar County on January 30, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Strother Bombay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Strother Bombay
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bombay in Bexar County
- George Bombayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- William Bombayborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- William Bombayborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
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 39 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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