Spencer · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Spencer in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 40 freedmen

40 freedmen named Spencer registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Many registered in Austin County (3), Bexar County (3) and Cherokee County (3). The birthplaces they reported most often were Georgia, Kentucky and Virginia. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1834.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Spencers registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Spencer registered, on the 1870 county map
40
Freedmen
23
Counties
Georgia
Largest birthplace
1834
Earliest arrival
1860s
Fullest decade

Where the Spencers registered

Texas counties where the Spencers registered
CountyFreedmen%
Austin County38%
Bexar County38%
Cherokee County38%
Fayette County38%
Hays County38%
Bastrop County25%
Brazoria County25%
Colorado County25%
Fort Bend County25%
Harrison County25%
Hunt County25%
Walker County25%
Anderson County13%
Bowie County13%
Brazos County13%
Burnet County13%
Collin County13%
Comal County13%
Davis County13%
Hill County13%
Leon County13%
McLennan County13%
Tarrant County13%

Where the Spencers were born

Birthplaces the Spencers reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Georgia514%
Kentucky514%
Virginia514%
Texas411%
Alabama38%
Louisiana38%
North Carolina38%
Tennessee38%
Missouri26%
Maryland13%
Mississippi13%
South Carolina13%

When the Spencers reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Spencers
DecadeFreedmen
1830s
1
1840s
11
1850s
7
1860s
21

Every Spencer in the register

The Spencers in the register, 1 to 40 of 40
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Alen SpencerHunt CountyNorth Carolina1846
Andrew SpencerBexar CountyLouisiana1855
Andrew SpencerComal CountyLouisiana1855
Dan Rice SpencerBexar CountyKentucky1862
Dan Rice SpencerHays CountyKentucky1866
David SpencerBrazos County1862
David SpencerCherokee CountyTennessee1866
David SpencerCollin CountyLouisiana1846
David SpencerLeon CountyVirginia1860
Edmon SpencerDavis CountyGeorgia1853
Edmond SpencerColorado CountyVirginia1863
Edmond SpencerTarrant CountyKentucky1862
Edmund SpencerFayette CountyVirginia1863
Edward SpencerColorado CountyMississippi1863
George SpencerHarrison CountyVirginia1849
George SpencerHays CountyTennessee1866
Henry SpencerBastrop CountyMissouri1850
Henry SpencerBexar CountyNorth Carolina1849
Henry SpencerHays CountyMaryland1866
Henry SpencerHunt CountyNorth Carolina1846
Isael SpencerFort Bend County1866
Isom SpencerHarrison CountyGeorgia1860
Jackson SpencerBurnet CountySouth Carolina1866
James SpencerCherokee CountyVirginia1866
Jim SpencerAustin CountyTexas1841
John SpencerCherokee CountyGeorgia1866
John SpencerWalker CountyAlabama1847
Lewis SpencerAnderson CountyGeorgia1863
Lewis SpencerFayette CountyAlabama1849
Matthew SpencerBrazoria CountyKentucky1849
Matthew SpencerBrazoria CountyTexas1846
Pake SpencerBastrop CountyMissouri1865
Sam SpencerFayette CountyAlabama1850
Scipis SpencerFort Bend County1866
Stephen SpencerAustin CountyTexas1834
Thomas SpencerAustin CountyKentucky1865
Washington SpencerHill CountyTennessee1855
Washington SpencerMcLennan County1867
Wesley SpencerBowie CountyTexas1849
William SpencerWalker CountyGeorgia1853

Spencer genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Spencer in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Austin County holds 3 of the 40, Bexar County 3. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Spencers in Texas come from?

They reported Georgia (5), Kentucky (5) and Virginia (5) as their birthplaces most often, and 4 reported Texas. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Spencer?

Austin County (3), Bexar County (3), Cherokee County (3). In all, 40 registered across 23 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Spencer appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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