Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrews Cox, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

Andrews Cox registered to vote in Bexar County on July 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bexar County

Andrews Cox

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrews Cox
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 3, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Bexar County
2 months
Years in Texas before Bexar County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Andrews Cox reported 13 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.

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 5 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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