Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Wilburn, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Wilburn registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 16, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas, 3 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Samuel Wilburn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Wilburn
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsSamuel Wilburn reported 13 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Wilburns 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 9 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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