Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Joshua, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Sam Joshua registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 12, 1867. He reported 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Sam Joshua
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Joshua
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Joshuas 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 5 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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