Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jones Westley, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Jones Westley registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 13, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas, 26 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
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Jones Westley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jones Westley
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 5 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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