Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Giles, Victoria County, Texas, 1868
Louis Giles registered to vote in Victoria County on January 31, 1868. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Victoria County
Louis Giles
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Giles
- County of registration
- Victoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Victoria County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John A. Ely"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Gileses 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 19 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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