Erath County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Spencer Graves, Erath County, Texas, 1868

Spencer Graves registered to vote in Erath County on January 31, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 8 of them in Erath County. Erath County registered 21 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Erath County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Erath County

Spencer Graves

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Spencer Graves
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Erath County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 31, 1868
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Erath County
8 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Years in Texas before Erath County
7 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Erath County highlighted
Erath County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Spencer Graves reported 7 years more in Texas than in Erath County.

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 8 of the Erath County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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