Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Squire Atkinson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Squire Atkinson registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 17, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 4 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Squire Atkinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Squire Atkinson
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsSquire Atkinson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Atkinsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Atkinson
- Atkins 5
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 11 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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