Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hiram Spears, Collin County, Texas, 1869
Hiram Spears registered to vote in Collin County on Nov. 20 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Collin County
Hiram Spears
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hiram Spears
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- Nov. 20 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Collin County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Spears in Collin County
- Andrew Spearsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1861
Spearses 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 42 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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