Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Conner Gilkey, Henderson County, Texas, 1867

Conner Gilkey registered to vote in Henderson County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 7 of them in Henderson County. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Henderson County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Henderson County

Conner Gilkey

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Conner Gilkey
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Henderson County
Precinct
5
Registered
August 19, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Henderson County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Years in Texas before Henderson County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Connor Gilkey"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Henderson County highlighted
Henderson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Conner Gilkey reported 11 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.

Other freedmen named Gilkey in Henderson County

  • Moses Gilkeyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1844

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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