Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Gonner, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Gonner registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 39 years in Texas, 17 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 39 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1828
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1828 to 1870
Jacob Gonner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Gonner
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 39 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 17 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsJacob Gonner reported 22 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
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 9 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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