Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Spiry, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Robert Spiry registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Walker County
Robert Spiry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Spiry
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "R. X Sping"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Spiry in Walker County
- Coraf Spiryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- George Spiryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Henry Spiryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
- Nelson Spiryborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Perry Spiryborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1862
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 28 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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