Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Fly, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Allen Fly registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 15, 1867. He reported 19 years in Texas, 17 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Allen Fly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Fly
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsAllen Fly reported 2 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Fly in Gonzales County
- Boon Flyreached Texas about 1854
- David Flyreached Texas about 1855
- Dennis Flyreached Texas about 1864
- Jack Flyreached Texas about 1855
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 7 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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