Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Clare, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Richard Clare registered to vote in Gonzales County on September 28, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 13 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Richard Clare
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Clare
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 13 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsRichard Clare reported 12 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
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 38 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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