Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sampson Gamble, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Sampson Gamble registered to vote in Freestone County on August 15, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Sampson Gamble
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sampson Gamble
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gamble in Freestone County
- Free Gambleborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Henderson Gambleborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Samuel Gambleborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Samuel Gambleborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
Gambles 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 22 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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