Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Toney Gasaway, Newton County, Texas, 1867
Toney Gasaway registered to vote in Newton County on September 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- 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 Newton County
Toney Gasaway
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Toney Gasaway
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Newton County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Signature, as written
- "Tony his x Greenway"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Gasaways 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 6 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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