Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nelson Samuel, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Nelson Samuel registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 12, 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.

Registered in Gonzales County, Texas

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

Nelson Samuel

Texas

Name: Nelson Samuel
County of registration: Gonzales County
Precinct: 1
Registered: July 12, 1867
Years in Texas: 15 years
Years in Gonzales County: 15 years
Years in the precinct: 15 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Samuels elsewhere in Texas

All 14 freedmen named Samuel in Texas

Variations of Samuel

Sammuel 6

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

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