Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Geo D. Gardiner, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Geo D. Gardiner registered to vote in Brazos County on June 21, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
15 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Geo D. Gardiner

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Geo D. Gardiner
County of registration
Brazos County
Registered
June 21, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Brazos County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Brazos County
14 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Geo D. Gardiner reported 14 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Gardiners elsewhere in Texas

All 2 freedmen named Gardiner in Texas

Variations of Gardiner

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 2 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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