Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Odom, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

John Odom registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 9, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas, 13 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
22 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

John Odom

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Odom
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
9
Registered
August 9, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Gonzales County
13 years
Years in Texas before Gonzales County
9 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

9 years

John Odom reported 9 years more in Texas than 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 32 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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