Gillespie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Washington, Gillespie County, Texas, 1867
George Washington registered to vote in Gillespie County on August 17, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
George Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Washington
- County of registration
- Gillespie County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Gillespie County
- 14 years
- Years in Texas before Gillespie County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsGeorge Washington reported 6 years more in Texas than in Gillespie County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Gillespie County
- Henry Washingtonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
Washingtons 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 6 of the Gillespie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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