Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Hammonds, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Hammonds registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 16, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Lewis Hammonds
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Hammonds
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hammonds in Gonzales County
- Henry Hammondsreached Texas about 1855
- Henry Hammondsreached Texas about 1855
- Peter Hammondsreached Texas about 1854
- Silas Hammondsreached Texas about 1855
Hammondses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Hammonds
- Hammond 8
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 8 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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