Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Blan Houston, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Blan Houston registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 13, 1867. He reported 19 years in Texas, 1 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Blan Houston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Blan Houston
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsBlan Houston reported 18 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Houston in Gonzales County
- Gibb Houstonreached Texas about 1852
- James Houstonreached Texas about 1854
- Paul Houstonreached Texas about 1843
- Sam Houstonreached Texas about 1852
Houstons 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 6 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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