Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jess Foster, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

Jess Foster registered to vote in Bexar County on July 19, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 22 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 Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
about 1845
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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In Bexar County

Jess Foster

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jess Foster
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Bexar County
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

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

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