Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shepherd Gentry, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Shepherd Gentry registered to vote in Gonzales County on September 23, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas, 25 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
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Shepherd Gentry
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shepherd Gentry
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gentry in Gonzales County
- Thomas Gentryreached Texas about 1855
Gentrys 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 36 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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