Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Secret, Bexar County, Texas, 1868
George Secret registered to vote in Bexar County on January 31, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Bexar County
George Secret
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Secret
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 40 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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