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.
- 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"
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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