Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gery Danels, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Gery Danels registered to vote in Madison County on August 20, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Gery Danels
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gery Danels
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Madison County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Madison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benj Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsGery Danels reported 4 years more in Texas than in Madison County.
Other freedmen named Danels in Madison County
- Baitman Danelsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1860
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 7 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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