Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilbert Collett, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Gilbert Collett registered to vote in Freestone County on August 19, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Gilbert Collett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilbert Collett
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 28 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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