Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Nations, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Nations registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 20, 1867. He reported 17 years in Texas, 16 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
17 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
about 1850
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1850 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

Joseph Nations

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Nations
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 20, 1867
Years in Texas
17 years
Years in Gonzales County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 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

Joseph Nations reported 1 year more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Other freedmen named Nations in Gonzales County

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

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