Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Winkfield, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867

Sam Winkfield registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 12, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
20 years
In Texas
20 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

Sam Winkfield

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Winkfield
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 12, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Gonzales County
20 years
Years in the precinct
20 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Winkfield in Gonzales County

Winkfields elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Winkfield 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 5 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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