Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Young, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
George Young registered to vote in Bexar County on November 24, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Bexar County
George Young
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Young
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Young in Bexar County
- Charles Youngborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1866
- Harry Youngborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Thomas Youngborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1864
Youngs 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 50 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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