Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Waller, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Waller registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 8, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas, 12 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Jacob Waller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Waller
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJacob Waller reported 14 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Wallers 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 1 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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