Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alford Spurling, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
Alford Spurling registered to vote in Liberty County on August 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alford Spurling
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Alford. his x mk. Sterling"
- 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 12 of the Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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