Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jessie Price, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869

Jessie Price registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 26, 1869. He reported 14 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
14 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

Jessie Price

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jessie Price
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
5
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Gonzales County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Years in Texas before Gonzales County
11 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

11 years

Jessie Price reported 11 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Other freedmen named Price in Gonzales County

Prices elsewhere in Texas

All 77 freedmen named Price 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 45 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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