Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nicholas Blossingame, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Nicholas Blossingame registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 29, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
1857186018621864186618681870
In Gonzales County
Nicholas Blossingame
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nicholas Blossingame
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Blossingame in Gonzales County
- Jack Blossingamereached Texas about 1852
- Jerry Blossingamereached Texas about 1854
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 21 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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