Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Gibson, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Moses Gibson registered to vote in Freestone County on August 15, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Moses Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Gibson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gibson in Freestone County
- Hal Gibsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- Henry Gibsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- Henry Gibsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Laurence Gibsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
Gibsons 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 23 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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