Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jos Brothers, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Jos Brothers registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 25, 1869. He reported Mexico as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Mexico
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Jos Brothers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jos Brothers
- Place of birth
- Mexico
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJos Brothers reported 11 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Brothers in Gonzales County
- George Brothersreached Texas about 1860
Brotherses 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 44 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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