Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lord Chesterfield, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Lord Chesterfield registered to vote in Gonzales County on September 25, 1867. He reported Prussia as his birthplace and 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.
- Prussia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Lord Chesterfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lord Chesterfield
- Place of birth
- Prussia
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Chesterfields 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 37 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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