Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wesley Price, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Wesley Price registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 31, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored Removed to State Prison" 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
12 years
In Texas
12 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

1855186018621864186618681870
In Gonzales County

Wesley Price

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wesley Price
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
5
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Gonzales County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Removed to State Prison"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

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 24 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

African American genealogy in Gonzales County, Texas

Gonzales County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Gonzales CountyThe Price name in TexasSearch Gonzales County by name

Wesley Price, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867 | Enslaved Texas