Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major Patterson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Major Patterson registered to vote in Bexar County on July 19, 1867. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- 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
Major Patterson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major Patterson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Pattersons 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 26 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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