Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Christopher Gillespie, Tarrant County, Texas, 1869
Christopher Gillespie registered to vote in Tarrant County on November 16, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Christopher Gillespie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Christopher Gillespie
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Tarrant County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Tarrant County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Gillespies 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 22 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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