Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Weeks, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Sam Weeks registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 17, 1867. He reported 34 years in Texas, 4 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 34 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1833
- Reached Texas
- 30 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1833 to 1870
Sam Weeks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Weeks
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 34 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
30 yearsSam Weeks reported 30 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Weeks in Gonzales County
- George Weeksreached Texas about 1853
- Henry Weeksreached Texas about 1846
- Perry Weeksreached Texas about 1862
- Richard Weeksreached Texas about 1843
Weekses 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 10 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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