Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lerry Gilmore, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Lerry Gilmore registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mexico as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Mexico
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Lerry Gilmore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lerry Gilmore
- Place of birth
- Mexico
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gilmore in Gonzales County
- Hal Gilmorereached Texas about 1858
Gilmores 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. Gonzales County's entries fill 45 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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