Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabriel Sookins, Bexar County, Texas, 1869
Gabriel Sookins registered to vote in Bexar County on November 22, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Gabriel Sookins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabriel Sookins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsGabriel Sookins reported 2 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
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 49 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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