Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabriel Gilbert, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Gabriel Gilbert registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 1 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Gabriel Gilbert
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabriel Gilbert
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsGabriel Gilbert reported 10 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Gilbert in Anderson County
- Squire Gilbertborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
Gilberts 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 13 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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