Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Mooney, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Ben Mooney registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 25, 1869. He reported 13 years in Texas, 1 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
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Ben Mooney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Mooney
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsBen Mooney reported 12 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Mooney in Gonzales County
- Abner Mooneyreached Texas about 1848
- Albert Mooneyreached Texas about 1846
- Dennis Mooneyreached Texas about 1854
Mooneys 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 43 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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