Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alexander Edmmundson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

Alexander Edmmundson registered to vote in Bexar County on July 16, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 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 Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Bexar County

Alexander Edmmundson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alexander Edmmundson
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bexar County
Registered
July 16, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Edmmundson 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 23 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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