Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Short, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Sam Short registered to vote in Bexar County on July 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Sam Short
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Short
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Shorts 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 2 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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