Gillespie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Gay, Gillespie County, Texas, 1869
Willis Gay registered to vote in Gillespie County on November 26, 1869. He reported 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Gillespie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gillespie County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Gillespie County
Willis Gay
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Gay
- County of registration
- Gillespie County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Gillespie County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Gays 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 13 of the Gillespie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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