Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David E. Reed, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
David E. Reed registered to vote in Bexar County on July 13, 1867. He reported Texas 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Bexar County
David E. Reed
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David E. Reed
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Reed in Bexar County
- Peter Reedborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- William Reedborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1846
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 19 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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