Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Reed, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
William Reed registered to vote in Bexar County on July 6, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Bexar County
William Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Reed
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Reed in Bexar County
- David Reedborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Peter Reedborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Reeds 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 8 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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