Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Milton Gates, Wilson County, Texas, 1869
Milton Gates registered to vote in Wilson County on November 26, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wilson County
Milton Gates
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Milton Gates
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Gateses 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 11 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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