Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Gilbert Killough, Johnson County, Texas, 1867

Gilbert Killough registered to vote in Johnson County on July 25, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 3 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Johnson County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Johnson County

Gilbert Killough

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Gilbert Killough
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Johnson County
Precinct
Cleburne
Registered
July 25, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Johnson County
3 years
Years in Texas before Johnson County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Johnson County highlighted
Johnson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Gilbert Killough reported 12 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.

Other freedmen named Killough in Johnson County

Killoughs elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Killough 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 3 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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