Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hillory Gibson, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Hillory Gibson registered to vote in Anderson County on August 14, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Hillory Gibson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hillory Gibson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gibson in Anderson County
- Anderson Gibsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
Gibsons 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 21 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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