Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Billy Norwood, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869

Billy Norwood registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 26, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 6 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
21 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

Billy Norwood

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Billy Norwood
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Gonzales County
6 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Gonzales County
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Billy Norwood reported 15 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Other freedmen named Norwood in Gonzales County

Norwoods elsewhere in Texas

All 17 freedmen named Norwood 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 45 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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