Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Quince Thornton, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Quince Thornton registered to vote in Bexar County on July 16, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Quince Thornton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Quince Thornton
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Thornton in Bexar County
- Romdall Thorntonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
Thorntons 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 22 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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