Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilbert Gill, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Gilbert Gill registered to vote in Harrison County on July 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Gilbert Gill
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilbert Gill
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Signature, as written
- "G. Gill"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Gill in Harrison County
- Austin Gillborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Hilliard Gillborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
Gills 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 43 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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