Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Gorge McNeal, Madison County, Texas, 1867

Gorge McNeal registered to vote in Madison County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Madison County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
about 1860
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

Gorge McNeal

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Gorge McNeal
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Madison County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 20, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Madison County
16 months
Years in the precinct
16 months
Years in Texas before Madison County
6 years
Signature, as written
"George McNeal"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Gorge McNeal reported 6 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

McNeals elsewhere in Texas

All 16 freedmen named McNeal 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 8 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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