Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Houston, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Sam Houston registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 17, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Sam Houston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Houston
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Houston in Gonzales County
- Blan Houstonreached Texas about 1848
- Gibb Houstonreached Texas about 1852
- James Houstonreached Texas about 1854
- Paul Houstonreached Texas about 1843
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 11 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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