Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ed George, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1868

Ed George registered to vote in Guadalupe County on January 27, 1868. He reported Kentucky 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 Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Guadalupe County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Guadalupe County

Ed George

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ed George
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Guadalupe County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 27, 1868
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

Other freedmen named George in Guadalupe County

  • Ed Georgeborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
  • Sidney Georgeborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866

Georges elsewhere in Texas

All 33 freedmen named George 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. Guadalupe County's entries fill 34 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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