Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Russell, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Russell registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 18, 1867. He reported 12 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.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Edmund Russell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Russell
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Russells elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Russell
- Russel 7
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 13 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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