Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabe Gaston, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Gabe Gaston registered to vote in Anderson County on August 1, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Gabe Gaston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabe Gaston
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- August 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gaston in Anderson County
- Andrews Gastonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- Gilbert Gastonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Henry Gastonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Lewis Gastonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
Gastons 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 9 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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