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.
- 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
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"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsGilbert Killough reported 12 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.
Other freedmen named Killough in Johnson County
- Jerry Killoughborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1852
Killoughs 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 3 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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