Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam McVea, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Sam McVea registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 24, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Sam McVea
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam McVea
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McVea in Gonzales County
- David McVeareached Texas about 1855
- Dick McVeareached Texas about 1855
- James McVeareached Texas about 1853
- James Armstrong McVeareached Texas about 1855
- Peter McVeareached Texas about 1854
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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