Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Commly, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
John Commly registered to vote in Bexar County on July 25, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
John Commly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Commly
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Bexar County
- 4 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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. Bexar County's entries fill 56 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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