Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Gails, Houston County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Gails registered to vote in Houston County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Houston County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
30 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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In Houston County

Daniel Gails

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Gails
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Houston County
Precinct
12
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Houston County
30 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Signature, as written
"Daniel his X mark Gaile"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Houston County highlighted
Houston County on the 1870 county map

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. Houston County's entries fill 47 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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