Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Gilkey, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Moses Gilkey registered to vote in Henderson County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 7 of them in Henderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Moses Gilkey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Gilkey
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Moses Gilkey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsMoses Gilkey reported 16 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Gilkey in Henderson County
- Conner Gilkeyborn in South 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 14 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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