Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Ray, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Ray registered to vote in Bexar County on July 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Thomas Ray
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Ray
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Rays 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 30 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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