Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Asken, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Joe Asken registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 18, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 15 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Joe Asken
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Asken
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJoe Asken reported 1 year more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
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 Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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