Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Sledge, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Robert Sledge registered to vote in Bexar County on July 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Robert Sledge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Sledge
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Sledges 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 10 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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