Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Gabe Hisell, Parker County, Texas, 1867

Gabe Hisell registered to vote in Parker County on August 15, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 5 of them in Parker County. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Parker County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
5 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

Gabe Hisell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Gabe Hisell
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 15, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Parker County
5 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Parker County
7 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

7 years

Gabe Hisell reported 7 years more in Texas than in Parker 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 Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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