Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Washington, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Robert Washington registered to vote in Bexar County on July 17, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Robert Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Washington
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Bexar County
- G. Washingtonborn in District of Columbia, reached Texas about 1855
- Geo. Washingtonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1852
- George Washingtonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1865
- George Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- George Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
Washingtons 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 25 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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