Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Thornton, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Joe Thornton registered to vote in Gonzales County on September 27, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Joe Thornton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Thornton
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Thorntons 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 37 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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