Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Howard Gleeves, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

Howard Gleeves registered to vote in Bexar County on July 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 12 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
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bexar County

Howard Gleeves

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Howard Gleeves
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Bexar County
Registered
July 17, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Bexar County
8 months
Years in Texas before Bexar County
11 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

11 years

Howard Gleeves reported 11 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 25 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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