Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Winkfield, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Anderson Winkfield registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 24, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Anderson Winkfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Winkfield
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsAnderson Winkfield reported 11 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Winkfield in Gonzales County
- John Winkfieldreached Texas about 1847
- Rankin Winkfieldreached Texas about 1847
- Sam Winkfieldreached Texas about 1847
- Surry Winkfieldreached Texas about 1847
- Tony Winkfieldreached Texas about 1847
Winkfields 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 19 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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