Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Moses, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
George Moses registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 19, 1867. He reported 15 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.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
George Moses
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Moses
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsGeorge Moses reported 6 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Moseses 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 14 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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