Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles White, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Charles White registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 7, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas, 17 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Charles White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles White
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 17 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsCharles White reported 13 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named White in Gonzales County
- Benjamin Whitereached Texas about 1859
- George Whitereached Texas about 1859
- Irwin Whitereached Texas about 1854
- Otho Whitereached Texas about 1859
- Ralph Whitereached Texas about 1852
Whites 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 30 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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