Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Phelps, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Louis Phelps registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 19, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Louis Phelps
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Phelps
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Phelps in Gonzales County
- Fayette Phelpsreached Texas about 1852
Phelpses 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 14 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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