Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Spencer, Bexar County, Texas, 1867

Henry Spencer registered to vote in Bexar County on July 2, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 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 North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Bexar County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Bexar County

Henry Spencer

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Spencer
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Bexar County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 2, 1867
Years in Texas
18 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 2 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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