Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Rafe Gillispie, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Rafe Gillispie registered to vote in Walker County on August 2, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Walker County
Rafe Gillispie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Rafe Gillispie
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Walker County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "Rafe X Gillespie"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Gillispie in Walker County
- Joseph Gillispieborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1846
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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