Gillespie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jacob Loss, Gillespie County, Texas, 1869

Jacob Loss registered to vote in Gillespie County on November 20, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gillespie County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gillespie County, Texas
21 years
In Texas
about 1848
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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In Gillespie County

Jacob Loss

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jacob Loss
County of registration
Gillespie County
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gillespie County highlighted
Gillespie County on the 1870 county map

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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