Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Hunter, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Hunter registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 31, 1867. He reported 13 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.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Lewis Hunter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Hunter
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsLewis Hunter reported 3 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Hunter in Gonzales County
- Abraham Hunterreached Texas about 1854
- Joe Hunterreached Texas about 1859
- Sam Hunterreached Texas about 1854
Hunters 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 25 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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