Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John W. Gibbs, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
John W. Gibbs registered to vote in Hunt County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
John W. Gibbs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John W. Gibbs
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "John W. Gibbs"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsJohn W. Gibbs reported 18 years more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Gibbses elsewhere 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 22 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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