Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Riley Hutchison, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Riley Hutchison registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 24, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 9 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
10 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

Riley Hutchison

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Riley Hutchison
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
3
Registered
July 24, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Gonzales County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Years in Texas before Gonzales County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Riley Hutchison reported 1 year more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Variations of Hutchison

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 19 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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