Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jef Spears, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Jef Spears registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Jef Spears
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jef Spears
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jas Spears"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJef Spears reported 3 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Spearses elsewhere in Texas
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 6 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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