Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Shannon, Gonzales County, Texas, 1868
Frank Shannon registered to vote in Gonzales County on January 30, 1868. He reported 15 years in Texas, 2 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
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Frank Shannon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Shannon
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsFrank Shannon reported 13 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Shannons 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 38 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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