Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew Spencer, Bexar County, Texas, 1869

Andrew Spencer registered to vote in Bexar County on November 22, 1869. He reported Louisiana 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Bexar County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
14 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Bexar County

Andrew Spencer

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrew Spencer
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 22, 1869
Years in Texas
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bexar County highlighted
Bexar County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Spencer in Bexar County

Spencers elsewhere in Texas

All 40 freedmen named Spencer 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 49 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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