Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Springs, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869

James Springs registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 24, 1869. He reported 20 years in Texas, 1 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
20 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gonzales County

James Springs

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Springs
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Gonzales County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Gonzales County
19 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

19 years

James Springs reported 19 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.

Other freedmen named Springs in Gonzales County

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

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