Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jerry Fillmore, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1869

Jerry Fillmore registered to vote in Guadalupe County on November 20, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Guadalupe County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Guadalupe County

Jerry Fillmore

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jerry [Perry] Fillmore
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Guadalupe County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Guadalupe County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Guadalupe County highlighted
Guadalupe County on the 1870 county map

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. Guadalupe County's entries fill 34 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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