Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sammuel Bright, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Sammuel Bright registered to vote in Bexar County on July 17, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Sammuel Bright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sammuel Bright
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Brights 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 25 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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