Goliad County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Washinton Billips, Goliad County, Texas, 1867

Washinton Billips registered to vote in Goliad County on July 17, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Goliad County registered 161 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Goliad County, Texas
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Goliad County

Washinton Billips

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Washinton Billips
County of registration
Goliad County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 17, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Goliad County highlighted
Goliad County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Billips in Goliad 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 3 of the Goliad County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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