Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Wright, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Wright registered to vote in Gonzales County on July 29, 1867. He reported 16 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.
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Lewis Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Wright
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsLewis Wright reported 14 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
Other freedmen named Wright in Gonzales County
- Charley Wrightreached Texas about 1860
- Mat Wrightreached Texas about 1859
- Sandy Wrightreached Texas about 1851
Wrights 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 23 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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