Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Zack Sampson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Zack Sampson registered to vote in Bexar County on July 3, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Zack Sampson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Zack Sampson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sampson in Bexar County
- Rial Sampsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1839
Sampsons 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 4 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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