Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Josiah Parker, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Josiah Parker registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 19, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas, 3 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Josiah Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Josiah Parker
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsJosiah Parker reported 15 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Parker in Gonzales County
- Solomon Parkerreached Texas about 1853
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 36 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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