Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Wade, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Wade registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 12, 1867. He reported 22 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.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Jesse Wade
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Wade
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsJesse Wade reported 21 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Wade in Gonzales County
- Andey Wadereached Texas about 1838
- Peter Wadereached Texas about 1852
Wades 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 35 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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