Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Gale, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Ben Gale registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 7, 1867. He reported 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Ben Gale
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Gale
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Gales 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 30 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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