Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Gillispie, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Gillispie registered to vote in Walker County on August 2, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Joseph Gillispie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Gillispie
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph X Gillespie"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJoseph Gillispie reported 9 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Gillispie in Walker County
- Rafe Gillispieborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
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 4 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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