Gillespie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Washington, Gillespie County, Texas, 1867
Henry Washington registered to vote in Gillespie County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gillespie County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Gillespie County
Henry Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Washington
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Gillespie County
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Gillespie County
- George Washingtonreached Texas about 1847
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 3 of the Gillespie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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