Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Parker, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Solomon Parker registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 29, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 12 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Solomon Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Parker
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsSolomon Parker reported 2 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Parker in Gonzales County
- Josiah Parkerreached Texas about 1849
Parkers 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 23 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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