Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bird Wilburn, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Bird Wilburn registered to vote in Bexar County on July 15, 1867. He reported Missouri 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.
- Missouri
- 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
Bird Wilburn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bird Wilburn
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wilburns 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 20 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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