Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
West Delworth, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
West Delworth registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 18, 1869. He reported 7 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.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
West Delworth
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- West Delworth
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWest Delworth reported 3 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Delworths 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 40 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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