Gillespie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Russel, Gillespie County, Texas, 1867
Silas Russel registered to vote in Gillespie County on September 14, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gillespie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gillespie County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Silas Russel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Russel
- County of registration
- Gillespie County
- Registered
- September 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Gillespie County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gillespie County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsSilas Russel reported 19 years more in Texas than in Gillespie County.
Russels elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Russel
- Russell 17
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 10 of the Gillespie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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