Karnes County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabriel Washington, Karnes County, Texas, 1867
Gabriel Washington registered to vote in Karnes County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Karnes County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Karnes County registered 46 freedmen in 1867, 14% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Gabriel Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabriel Washington
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Karnes County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Karnes County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Washingtons 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 4 of the Karnes County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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