Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Wells, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Louis Wells registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 9, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Louis Wells
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Wells
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wellses 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 32 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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