Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Albert Norwood, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Albert Norwood registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 20, 1867. He reported 16 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.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Albert Norwood
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Albert Norwood
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Norwood in Gonzales County
- Billy Norwoodreached Texas about 1848
- Isham Norwoodreached Texas about 1850
- James Norwoodreached Texas about 1850
- Sam Norwoodreached Texas about 1849
Norwoods 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 16 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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