Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Spencer Gary, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Spencer Gary registered to vote in Walker County on September 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
1852186018621864186618681870
In Walker County
Spencer Gary
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Spencer Gary
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Spencer X Cary"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gary in Walker County
- Anthony Garyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Harry Garyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Isaac Garyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1853
Garys 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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Walker County, Texas
Walker County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Walker CountyThe Gary name in TexasBorn in AlabamaSearch Walker County by name