Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Graves, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Graves registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 8, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas, 8 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Anderson Graves
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Graves
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsAnderson Graves reported 13 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Graves in Gonzales County
- William Gravesreached Texas about 1849
Graveses 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 1 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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