Comanche County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Horace Mercer, Comanche County, Texas, 1867

Horace Mercer registered to vote in Comanche County on August 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 13 of them in Comanche County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Comanche County registered 7 freedmen in 1867, 4% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Comanche County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
27 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1840 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Comanche County

Horace Mercer

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Horace Mercer
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Comanche County
Precinct
2
Registered
August 22, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Comanche County
13 years
Years in the precinct
13 years
Years in Texas before Comanche County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Comanche County highlighted
Comanche County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Horace Mercer reported 14 years more in Texas than in Comanche County.

Mercers elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Mercer 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 2 of the Comanche County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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