Gillespie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Dearing, Gillespie County, Texas, 1869
Washington Dearing registered to vote in Gillespie County on November 20, 1869. He reported 32 years in Texas, 18 of them in Gillespie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gillespie County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- 32 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Washington Dearing
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Dearing
- County of registration
- Gillespie County
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Years in Gillespie County
- 18 years
- Years in Texas before Gillespie County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsWashington Dearing reported 14 years more in Texas than in Gillespie County.
Dearings 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 12 of the Gillespie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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