Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Porter, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Charles Porter registered to vote in Bexar County on July 15, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Charles Porter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Porter
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsCharles Porter reported 23 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Porters 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 21 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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