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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
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

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Van Carmichael reported 8 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Other freedmen named Carmichael in Gonzales County

Carmichaels elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Carmichael 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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