Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Van Carmichael, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Van Carmichael registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 22, 1869. He reported 12 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.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Van Carmichael
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Van Carmichael
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsVan Carmichael reported 8 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Carmichael in Gonzales County
- George Carmichaelreached Texas about 1855
Carmichaels 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 41 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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