Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Winston, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
John Winston registered to vote in Bexar County on November 25, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
- 0 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Winston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Winston
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Bexar County
- 7 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
0 yearsJohn Winston reported 0 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
Winstons 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 53 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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